GALAGO 81 



Prout's brown ; under parts of body, and inner side of limbs yellow- 

 ish white, the tips of the hairs being that color ; hands like arms ; feet 

 like legs; tail at base mars brown, remainder bistre with whitish tips. 

 Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. About the size of G. elegantulus. Skull : 

 length of frontal, 19 ; width between orbits, 5 ; length of nasals, 12 ; 

 width of rostrum above canines, 10 ; palatal length, 18 ; width of palate 

 between last molars, 14; length of tooth row, 13. Ex type British 

 Museum. 



The type, from which the above description and measurements 

 were taken, is a very much darker and altogether a differently colored 

 animal than G. elegantulus, and can be recognized at a glance. The 

 differences in color and in the dimensions of the skull above given 

 would seem to almost entitle this form to a separate specific rank. 



Du Chaillu states (1. c.) this species is called Aboli by the natives. 

 It lives in the forest retiring by day to holes in the trees, coming out at 

 night in search of food, which consists of fruit and insects. The male 

 and female generally dwell together. "I kept one for some time and 

 it throve well, being very fond of cockroaches, bananas and corn." It 

 is found in the mountains of the interior near the equator. 



