Galago
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GALAGO, the Senegal name of the long-tailed African representatives of the lemur-like Primates, which has been adopted as their technical designation.
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Bush Baby - name for several small, active nocturnal primates of the loris family, found in forested parts of Africa.
Galago moholi
The Lesser Bushbaby (Galago moholi) is also known as South African Lesser Bushbaby. The bushbaby is a small, nocturnal primate, which lives in trees across parts of south Africa.
Thick-tailed greater bush baby, greater galago
Otolemur crassicaudatus
Thick-tailed greater bush-babies are the largest of the bush babies. Like other bush babies, they makes a call that sounds like a human child crying.
Galagos, Or Bush Babies
Brown Greater Galago. Photo:Hans Hillewaert
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Galago moholi (Southern lesser galago)
Information on the southern lesser galago is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 4 Videos ...
Galagos
the Galagos is the most lively and most affectionate semi-monkeys in captivity. they are relative with the so absolutely different Loris (Lorisidae). ...
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A primate (pronounced /ˈprаɪmeɪt/, us dict: pr"′-māt) is a member of the biological order Primates (/prаɪˈmeɪtiːz/ pr"-mā′-t"z; Latin: "prime, first rank"[2]), the group that contains lemurs, lorisids, galagos, tarsiers, ...
Primates are a group of mammals that includes lemurs, galagos, lorises, pottos, monkeys and apes. Primates are subdivided into two groups, the Strepsirhini and the Haplorhini. The Strepsirhini include lemurs, galagos, lorises and pottos.
Closely related to the true lemurs are the galagos or "Bushed baby" of South Africa; the potto of Africa; the slow loris and the slender loris of the Orient; the indri , the sifaka , and the mouse lemur of Madagascar; ...
On the feet, the hallux and pollex are well developed and strongly opposed to the remaining digits, more so than in the related galagos. All digits have nails except the second of the hind foot, which has a typical strepsirrhine " toilet claw.
Millais, J.E. 1895. A breath from the veldt. Facsimile of the first edition. Galago Publ. Johannesburg.
Norton, P.M. 1981. Activity patterns of Klipspringers in two areas of the Cape Province. S.Afr. J.Wildl. Res. 11: 126-134.
The loris is a primate, a type of mammal closely related to galagos, , monkeys, apes, and people.
Primates also include familiar animals, such as the chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys, as well as the somewhat less familiar lemurs, lorises, galagos, pottos, sifakas, indris, aye-ayes, and tarsiers.
 See also: Lemur, Loris, Monkey, Potto, Indri
  
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