Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum . smaller specimens in the Museum tho orbitsare darker, in one nearly black. There are two skulls of this species in the Museum Collectionboth from South Africa. They vary very slightly in the size of theteeth, especially in the breadth or squareness of tho grinders. Theupper cutting-teeth are cylindrical, elongate, of the same size, andplaced in a nearly straight cross lino ; tho first upper false grinderis broad and lobed, like the second one. 3. Galago senegalensis. B. M. Ears oblong, rounded at the
Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum . smaller specimens in the Museum tho orbitsare darker, in one nearly black. There are two skulls of this species in the Museum Collectionboth from South Africa. They vary very slightly in the size of theteeth, especially in the breadth or squareness of tho grinders. Theupper cutting-teeth are cylindrical, elongate, of the same size, andplaced in a nearly straight cross lino ; tho first upper false grinderis broad and lobed, like the second one. 3. Galago senegalensis. B. M. Ears oblong, rounded at the end; fnr grey; nose-streak, chin,and beneath white ; tail and feet blackish brown; tail rather longerthan the body and head ; orbits blackish. Length of hind foot 2 3, of head 1 7. Octolicnus galago, IUiger. Galago senegalensis, Geoff. 1790; /. 81. G. Geoffroyii, Fischer, G. acaciarum, Lesson. Lemurgalago, Schreb. Sawjcth. t. 38 15. Lemur cidago, Shaw, Zool. p. minutus, Guv. Tab. Elem. p. 101. Galagoides senegalensis, Hab. West Africa : Senegal; Gambia. Fig. ^&fca&s*^r | Galaijo sennariensis. 4. Galago sennariensis. B. M. Bluish grey ; face and feet blacker; orbits black ; throat andunderpart of body and inside of limbs white; tail very long, one-half as long again as the body and head, blackish; ears very large,rounded ; fingers and toes slender. Length of hind foot 2. Skull, length 1 G (about tho backbeing imperfect), width 1.! 2. Otolicnus teng, Heboid. MS. Smulev. K. V. Acad. Hand. 1812,p. 202. Galago senegalensis, ltilpp. Sdugeth. t. 8. Galago (senega-lensis) sennariensis, Kotzschy, MS.; Gray, 1803, p. 147 ! Hah. Sennaar, RuppeU ; Kordofan, Ruppell. 7. GALAGO. 85 The upper front cutting-teeth are very slender, longer and moreproduced, the upper grinders aro broader and squarcr, and thehinder one is more triangular than in G. maholi. There are three specimens of this species in the Museum, unfor-tunately not in a good condition; hut the
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