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Encyclopedia Britannica



GALAGO

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 392 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GAG-GEO
GALAGO , the
Senegal
  name of the
long
 -tailed
African
  representatives of the lemur-like Primates, which has been adopted as their technical designation. Till recently the galagos have been included in the family Lemuridae; but this is restricted to the lemurs of Madagascar, and they are now classed with the lorises and pottos in the family Nyeticebidae, of which they form the section Galaginae, characterized by the
great
  elongation of the upper portion of the feet (tarsus) and the power of folding the large ears. Throughout the greater part of Africa
south
  of the
Sahara galagos are widely distributed in the wooded districts, ' from Senegambia in the west to Abyssinia in the
east
 , and as far
south
  as
Natal
 . They pass the day in sleep, but are very active at night, feeding on fruits, insects and small birds. When they descend to the ground they sit upright, and move about by
jumping
  with their hind-legs like jerboas. They are pretty little animals, varying from the size of a small cat to less than that of a rat, with large eyes and ears, soft woolly fur and
long
  tails. There are several species, of which G. crassicaudatus from
Mozambique
  is the largest; together with G. garnetti of
Natal
 , G. agisymbanus of
Zanzibar
 , and G. monteiroi of Angola, this represents the subgenus Otolemur. The typical group includes G. senegalensis (or galago) of
Senegal
 , G. alleni of West and Central Africa, and G. moholi of South Africa; while G. demidoffi of West and Central Africa' and G. anomurus of French Congoland represent the subgenus Hemigalago. (R. L.*)


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