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WHITISH LEMUR. 



Lemur Calago. L. caudatus albidus, subtus griseus, cauda ferru- 



ginea. 

 Long-tailed whitish Lemur, grey beneath, with ferruginous tail. 

 Calago. Geoffr. Magaz. Emyclop. I. p. \l.pl, I. 



This is one of the smaller species, measuring 

 about six or seven inches from the nose to the 

 tail, which is about eight inches long. Its co- 

 lour is a yellowish-white above, and ash-coloured 

 beneath ; but the tail is ferruginous, and the head 

 almost entirely grey. It is to be observed also, 

 that the hairs on the body are grey for the great- 

 est part of their length, the tips alone being white ; 

 thus causing the white or whitish-yellow tinge 

 before mentioned. The ears are thin, upright, 

 rounded at the tips, and very large. The hind 

 legs are much longer than thefore : the index or 

 first finger of the hind feet is furnished, as in 

 most others of this genus, with a sharp claw, 

 while all the rest have rounded nails. The Gala- 

 go is an animal of a mild disposition : it is almost 

 always found on trees, and lives on insects, which 

 it easily catches with its fore feet, and devours 

 with singular readiness. It brings forth its young 

 in the hollows of trees, where it prepares its nest, 

 which it lines with herbage. The negroes of 

 Galam hunt these animals for the purpose of food. 

 We owe the first knowledge of this species to 

 Mons. Adanson, who discovered it in Senegal* 



