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GALAGO

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 392 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GALAGO , the See also:

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

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