Habits.—The Senegal Galago is nocturnal and arboreal, occurring in the forests singly or in pairs. It makes a nest of leaves in the fork of a tree, and during its diurnal rest it either retreats thither, or composes itself on a branch, unwilling to move, and staring at passers-by, with its tail invariably folded across its body and round its neck. After sunset, these Galagos become lively, and in their movements they evince great activity; they spring from branch to branch, and even from tree to tree, with extraordinary facility (as both Sir Andrew Smith and Sir John Kirk have recorded), often clearing at single leaps distances of six feet. When seen in the dim light they may easily be taken for Bats. "They always seize with one of their fore feet the branch upon which they intend to rest. In their manners they manifest considerable resemblance to Monkeys, particularly in their propensity to the practice of ridiculous grimaces." (Sir A. Smith.) In this habit they resemble also some species of the genus Lemur. Their food consists chiefly of fruits and of insects. The female produces generally two young at a birth.
III. ALLEN'S GALAGO. GALAGO ALLENI.
Galago allenii, Waterh., P. Z. S., 1837, p. 87; Sclater, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 375, pl. xxxii.
Galago allenii, var. gabonensis, Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 146.
Galago gabonensis, Mivart, P. Z. S., 1864, p. 630.
Galago (Otolicnus) allenii, Mivart, P. Z. S., 1864, p. 647.
Otogale pallida, Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 140, pl. xix.
Otolicnus apicalis, du Chaillu, Equat. Africa, App., p. 471.
Galago elegantulus, Slack, Proc. Ac. Sc. Phil., 1861, p. 153.
(Plate IV.)