GALAGO MOHOLI.—S m it h .
M amma lia ..—P lat e VIII.
G. Supra murmus infra albus ; artibus extern^ fiayo-tinctis; striga inter frontem et nasum, labiis, capitis
lateribus infra et post ooulos albis; cauda rufo-brunnea; auribus cameis; oculis aurantiis.
L ongitudo e naso ad caudee apicem 16 unc.
Galago Moholi, Rep. of Exped. App. page 42, June, 1836.
C o lo u k .—The upper parts of the head and neck, the back, the sides of
the body, and the outer and hinder surfaces of extremities intermediate
between pearl and yellowish-grey ; the back is finely brindled from the dark
colour of the basal portion of the fur being here and there seen through the
surface tints ; the extremities are of a lighter hue than the other parts enumerated,
and their outer and hinder surfaces are distinctly tinted with yellow;
the middle of the face, the lips, the sides of the head, below and behind the
eyes, the chin, throat, abdomen, and the upper surface of the fingers white;
inner surfaces of extremities white tinged with yellow. Tail glossy, the
colour intermediate between yellowish-brown and cochineal red,—the fur
is, throughout, of the same colour, that of the other parts is a dark
slate colour except at and near its surface. Ears flesh-coloured, and
the down which is very sparingly scattered over their outer surface is pure
white. Eyes deep topaz yellow; the palms of hands and under surface
of the fingers are of a flesh-colour tinged with brown.
F o rm , &c .—Figure slender and elegant. Head broad, subglobular, and
anteriorly terminated by a short, high and almost pointed nose. Teeth 18
in each jaw, viz. incisors f, canines lei, false molars f-i, true molars . Ears
large, bare, and patulous, their tips rather narrow and slightly rounded;
the outer margin of each ear has two faint emarginations and the internal or
anterior surface of each is distinctly marked with four or more transverse
furrows, between which are corresponding transverse ridges ; the eyeballs and
the pupils large ; anterior extremities short and slender; posterior ones long,
rather robust, and each is terminated by four fingers and an opposable
thumb, the tips of which are dilated and depressed, the nail of the forefinger
of each of the hinder extremities is narrow, convex, considerably
elongated beyond the soft parts, and obtusely pointed; all the other nails
both of the anterior and posterior extremities small, thin, flat, roundish or
ovate in form, and not extended to the points of the fingers. Tail cylindrical,