_Otolicnus garnettii_, Ogilby, P. Z. S., 1838, p. 6.
_Otolemur agisymbianus_, Coquerel, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1859, p. 457.
_Otogale garnettii_, J. E. Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 140.
_Galago garnettii_, Sclater, P. Z. S., 1864, p. 711, pl. xi. Schlegel,
Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 429 (1876).
CHARACTERS.--Head round; snout elongate, protruding over {41}the lower jaw;
ears very long, wide and rounded; eyes large and approximated. Toes and
fingers not united by a membrane. Posterior upper molar with its fourth
cusp little developed; the posterior lower molar four-cusped.
Fur woolly, the basal part of the hair Mouse-grey, the tips dull
yellowish-white. Ears greyish-black; face from the middle of crown along
the nose and round the eyes greyish-white. Top of head and neck dark
pepper-grey; rest of upper side yellowish-grey, with longer black hairs
distributed over the body; outside of arms and legs washed faintly with
faded rufous. Under side and inner side of arms and legs greyish-white.
Tail brownish-red at base, darker at tip. Length, 8 inches; tail, 8¾
inches.
DISTRIBUTION.--East coast of Africa.
HABITS.--Garnett's Galago is essentially nocturnal in its habits, feeding
on fruits. According to Mr. Bartlett, it exhibited in confinement no fear
of Cats or Dogs, and was very sprightly and tricky. It kills all it can
pounce upon and overpower. On the ground it jumps upright, like a Kangaroo,
on its hind-limbs, without using its fore feet, covering several feet at a
spring.