GALAGO 73 



Galago acaciarum var. B. senegalensis Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, 



p. 248. 

 Otolicnus senegalensis Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, 



p. 292, tab. XXXVIIIb ; Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Naturw. 



Akad. Wissench. Wien, 1870, p. 731 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Lond., 1872, p. 859 ; Pousarg., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 



1904, p. 144. 

 Galago conspicillatus I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 81 ; Dahlb., 



Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., 1856, f asc. I, pp. 228-230 ; 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 148; Fitzing., Sit- 

 zungsb. Metth. Naturw. Akad. Wissench. Wien, 1873, p. 741. 

 Otolicnus galago B. senegalensis Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., 



V, 1855, p. 158. 

 Otolicnus galago var. australis Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., 



V, 1855, p. 158. 

 Galago murinus Murray, Edinb. Phil. Jour., X, 1859, p. 243, juv. 

 Galago (Otolicnus) senegalensis Schinz, Syn. Mamm., 1844, p. Ill ; 



Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.. 1864, p. 647. 

 Galago (Otolicnus) moholi Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. Ill; 



Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 647. 

 Otolicnus cuvieri Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Naturw. Akad. 



Wissench. Wien, 1870, p. 745. 



SENEGAL GALAGO. 



Type locality. Senegal, West Africa. Type in Paris Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Senegal, Angola, (Cameron). 



Genl. Char. Ears large, bare; legs longer than arms; posterior 

 upper premolar smaller than the middle and posterior molars; pos- 

 terior premolar and first and second molars have a small cusp between 

 the two front cusps ; upper incisors four. 



Color. Head, Prout's brown, the hairs tipped with gray ; upper 

 parts dark gray washed with russet ; outer side of legs cream buff ; 

 under parts yellowish white ; hands brown, feet blackish ; tail, basal 

 portion similar to back, remainder burnt umber; a white streak 

 between eyes and nose ; ears pale brown. 



The type in the Paris Museum has top of head Prout's brown, 

 shading into yellowish gray on the back of neck ; rest of upper parts 

 pinkish buff, becoming more cream buff on outer side of limbs ; under 

 parts, and inner side of limbs pale yellow; tail pale sooty brown; 

 hands and feet brownish yellow ; ears yellow. The type has faded, 

 and exhibits at present a cream buff animal with a pinkish tinge on the 



