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LEMURS. 
The Galagos, or African Lemurs. 
Genus Galago. 
The galagos are the only long-tailed lemurs found throughout the length and 
breadth of Africa. The name is said to be that by which one of the species is 
known to the natives of Senegal. They resemble the mouse-lemurs in having the 
bones of the upper half of the ankle greatly elongated, and thus have the same 
lengthy foot. Although some are much bigger, there are others quite as small 
as the smaller mouse-lemurs. There is, however, a readily recognised external 
THE GREAT GALAGO nat. size). 
character by which a galago can be at once distinguished from a mouse-lemur. 
This consists in the large size of the ears, which are quite bare, and have the 
unique peculiarity that they can be partially folded upon themselves at such times 
as their owners please, so as to lie nearly flat upon the sides of the head. This 
may be for the purpose of protecting these delicate organs when passing through 
thick foliage, especially if wet. 
This distinctive peculiarity of the ears is, of course, sufficient to enable us 
at once to separate a galago from a mouse-lemur; and, indeed, from every other 
kind of lemur. Zoologists are, however, by no means satisfied with distinguishing 
animals merely by external characters; and they have succeeded in finding a feature 
in the teeth by which a galago differs markedly from a mouse-lemur, although, 
