Otolemur
Euoticus
Galago
Bush baby, as well referred to as bush baby, galago or even nagapies (meaning "night monkeys" inside Afrikaans), are little, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and produce higher a family Galagonidae. It is every now and again involved as a subfamily in a Lorisidae or Loridae.
A title galago might came either from either a beast' cries, or even from either their appearance. A South African Afrikaans title "nagapie" (nighttime monkey), comes from either a fact that it is well-nigh solely seen when asleep.
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Bushbaby come agile leapers, & redo fleetly along branches. It keep close at h& big eyes, generating the babies dependable nighttime vision; heavy hind limbs; and yearn tails, which assist the children balance. Their diet occurs as mixture of insects & more little brute, fruit, & tree gums.
Galago come natural by using half-closed eyes, unable to move astir independently. Fallowing two or three years, a mother carries a baby within her mouth, & leaves it in handy branches when feeding.
Adult females maintain territories, however part the babies by owning their offspring. Males leave their moms' territories when pubescence, however females remain, forming sociable groups consisting of closely related females & their unformed young. Man maintaaround separate territories, which overlap by using victims of the female sociable groups; usually, 1 man mates sustaining all the females in an metropolitan area. Males world health organization own non established such territories every now and again form little bachelor groups.
Bush baby communicate two by calling to both more, & by marking their paths by having weewee. At the prevent of the nighttime, class action members utilise the favorite rallying call for even & gather to sleep around the nest mass produced of leaves, the class action of branches, or the hole around a tree.
Classification
There has been lot recent learn of the Galagonidae. Many newly metal money st& been found, and it is nowadays sorted into deuce-ace genera, by using them previous members of the today defunct genus Galagoides returned to their original genus Galago:
Choose PRIMATES
Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
Personal Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs
Personal Lemuridae: lemurs
Personal Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs
Personal Indridae: wooly lemurs and allies
Personal Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye
Personal Lorisidae: lorises, pottos and allies
Personal Galagidae: galagos
Genus Otolemur : greater galagos
Genus Euoticus : needle-clawed bushbabies
Genus Galago : bushbabies
Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
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ja:ガラゴ科
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