. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 5.—Hand of Potto. Geoffrey's Potto ( Lemur potto, Lin. ; Galago Gruniensis, Desm. ; P. Geoffrotji, Ben.)—From Sierra Leone; a slow-moving and retiring animal, wliich seldom makes its appearance but in the night-time, and feeds on vegetables, chiefly the Cassada.] The Galagos {Otolicnus, Illig.)— Have the teeth and insectivorous regimen of tlie Loris ; the tarsi elongated, which gives to their hinder hmbs a dispro- portionate extent ; tail long and tufted ; large membranous ears [which double down when at rest, as
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 5.—Hand of Potto. Geoffrey's Potto ( Lemur potto, Lin. ; Galago Gruniensis, Desm. ; P. Geoffrotji, Ben.)—From Sierra Leone; a slow-moving and retiring animal, wliich seldom makes its appearance but in the night-time, and feeds on vegetables, chiefly the Cassada.] The Galagos {Otolicnus, Illig.)— Have the teeth and insectivorous regimen of tlie Loris ; the tarsi elongated, which gives to their hinder hmbs a dispro- portionate extent ; tail long and tufted ; large membranous ears [which double down when at rest, as in some Bats] ; and great eyes, which indicate a nocturnal life. [The index, as well as the thumb of the anterior hand, inclines in some to be op- posable to the other fingers.] Several species are known, all from Africa ; as the Great Galago (Galago crassicaudatiis, Geof.), as large as a Rabbit ; and the Senegal Galago (G. Seiiegaleiisis, Geof.), the size of a Rat. The latter is known as the Gwn animal of Senegal, from its feeding much on that production. [These pretty animals have at night all the activity of birds, hopping from bough to bough, on their hind limbs only. Tliey watch the insects flitting among the leaves, listen to the fluttering of the moth as it darts through the air, lie in wait for it, and spring with the rapidity of an arrow, seldom missing their prize, which is caught by the hands. They make nests in the branches of trees, and cover a bed with grass and leaves for their little ones : are a favourite article of food in Senegal. A species larger than the others has lately been received alive, 0. Garnottii of Ogilby.] The Malmags (Tarsius)— Have the tarsi elongated (fig. 6), and all the other details of form as in the preceding ; but the inter\al between their molars and incisors is occupied by several shorter teeth [that is, their upper canines are very small ; and] the middle upper incisoi's are elongated, and re- semble canines. [There are but tw
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