Lesser bushbaby

Taxobox
name = Lesser bushbabiesMSW3 Groves|pages=124-126]


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Bioko Allen's Bushbaby ("Galago alleni")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Galagidae
genus = "Galago"
genus_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1796
type_species = "Galago senegalensis"
type_species_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1796
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

Lesser bushbabies, or lesser galagos, are strepsirrhine primates of the genus "Galago". They are classified, along with the rest of the galagos and bushbabies, in the family Galagidae. They are probably the most numerous primate in Africa, and can be found in every large forest on the continent.David Attenborough, "Life of Mammals", Episode 8: Life in the Trees. BBC Warner, 2003.] They mark their territory by urinating on their hands and leaving traces on the trees they climb across, and they follow these detectable paths through the trees night after night. They are related to Lorises, and have similar behavior and anatomy. They are much faster, however, and typical hunt by speed rather than by stealth. Primitive bushbabies are thought to have been the ancestors of all lemurs.

* Genus "Galago"
** "G. senegalensis" group
*** Senegal Bushbaby, "Galago senegalensis"
*** Mohol Bushbaby, "Galago moholi"
*** Somali Bushbaby, "Galago gallarum"
** "G. matschiei" group
*** Dusky Bushbaby, "Galago matschiei"
** "G. alleni" group
*** Bioko Allen's Bushbaby, "Galago alleni"
*** Cross River Bushbaby, "Galago cameronensis"
*** Gabon Bushbaby, "Galago gabonensis"
** "G. zanzibaricus" group
*** Zanzibar Bushbaby, "Galago zanzibaricus"
*** Grant's Bushbaby, "Galago granti"
*** Malawi Bushbaby, "Galago nyasae"
** "G. orinus" group
*** Uluguru Bushbaby, "Galago orinus"
*** Rondo Bushbaby, "Galago rondoensis"
** "G. demidoff" group
*** Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby, "Galago demidoff"
*** Thomas's Bushbaby, "Galago thomasi"

References

External links

* [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/lesser_bushbaby Primate Info Net "Galago" Factsheet]