Galagos[1]
Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Strepsirrhini Infraorder: Lorisiformes Family: Galagidae Gray, 1825
Genera
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Galagos, also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies (meaning "little night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae or Loridae. Look up Appendix:Afrikaans and Dutch Swadesh lists in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ... Families 15, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The hierarchy of scientific classification In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. ... Genera Arctocebus Perodicticus Pseudopotto Loris Nycticebus Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. ...

According to some accounts, the name bush baby comes from either the animals' cries or appearance. The South African Afrikaans name "nagapie" (little night monkey), comes from the fact that they are almost exclusively seen at night.

Characteristics

Galagos are agile leapers and run swiftly along branches. They have large eyes that give them good night vision, strong hind limbs, acute hearing, and long tails that help them balance. They have nails on most of their digits, except for the second toe of the hindfoot, which bears a 'toilet' claw for grooming. Their diet is a mixture of insects and other small animals, fruit, and tree gums^[2]. They have pectinate ("comb-like") incisors, and the dental formula: Hearing (or audition) is one of the traditional five senses, and refers to the ability to detect sound. ... Dentition is the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth. ...

After a gestation period of 110-133 days, young galagos are born with half-closed eyes and are initially unable to move about independently. After a few days, the mother carries the infant in her mouth, and places it on branches while feeding. Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. ...

Females maintain their territory but share them with their offspring. Males leave their mothers' territories after puberty but females remain, forming social groups consisting of closely related females and their young. Adult males maintain separate territories, which overlap with those of the female social groups; generally, one adult male mates with all the females in an area. Males who have not established such territories sometimes form small bachelor groups.^[2]

While their keeping as pets is not advised (like many other non-human primates, they are considered likely sources of zoonoses, diseases that can cross species barriers) it is certainly done. Equally, they're highly likely to attract attention from customs officials on importation into many countries. Reports from veterinary and zoological sources indicate captive lifetimes of 12 to 16.5 years, suggesting a natural lifetime of the order of a decade. Zoonosis is any infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals, both wild and domestic, to humans. ...

Galagos communicate both by calling to each other, and by marking their paths with urine. At the end of the night, group members use a special rallying call and gather to sleep in a nest made of leaves, a group of branches, or a hole in a tree.

Classification

There has been much recent study of the Galagidae. Several new species have been discovered, and they are now grouped into three genera, with the two former members of the now defunct genus Galagoides returned to their original genus Galago: ^[1]-1...

Bush babies

• ORDER PRIMATES
  • Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
    • Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs
    • Family Lemuridae: lemurs
    • Family Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs
    • Family Indriidae: wooly lemurs and allies
    • Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye
    • Family Lorisidae: lorises, pottos and allies
    • Family Galagidae: galagos, or bushbabies
      • Genus Otolemur : greater galagos, or thick-tailed bushbabies
      • Genus Euoticus : needle-clawed bushbabies
      • Genus Galago : lesser galagos, or lesser bushbabies
  • Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes

Image File history File links Galago_(Otolicnus_Galago). ... Image File history File links Galago_(Otolicnus_Galago). ... For the ecclesiastical use of this term, see primate (religion) Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, and apes, including humans. ... Families Cheirogaleidae Lemuridae Lepilemuridae Indridae Daubentoniidae (Aye-aye) Lorisidae Galagidae The Strepsirrhini clade is one of the two suborders of primates. ... The Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) is a prosimian of the family Lemuridae. ... Genera Cheirogaleus Microcebus Mirza Allocebus Phaner Cheirogaleidae is the family strepsirrhine primates that contains the various dwarf lemurs and mouse-lemurs. ... Genera Lemur Eulemur Hapalemur Prolemur Varecia Lemuridae is one of the four families of lemurs and are part of a class of primates known as prosimians. ... Species Lepilemur mustelinus Lepilemur microdon Lepilemur leucopus Lepilemur ruficaudatus Lepilemur edwardsi Lepilemur dorsalis Lepilemur septentrionalis Lepilemur seali Lepilemur mitsinjonensis The sportive lemurs are the medium sized primates that make up the Lepilemuridae family. ... Genera The Indriidae (also spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. ... Binomial name Daubentonia madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788 The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the ecological niche of a woodpecker. ... Genera Arctocebus Perodicticus Pseudopotto Loris Nycticebus Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. ... Species Euoticus elegantulus Euoticus pallidus The needle-clawed bushbabies (genus Euoticus) is one of the genera in the family Galagonidae. ... -1... Families Tarsiidae Cebidae Aotidae Pitheciidae Atelidae Cercopithecidae Hylobatidae Hominidae The haplorrhines, the dry-nosed primates (the Greek name means simple-nosed), are members of the Haplorrhini clade: the prosimian tarsiers and all of the true simians (the monkeys and the apes, including humans). ...

Genomics

A low-coverage genomic sequence of the Northern Greater Galago, Otolemur garnettii, is in progress. As a 'primitive' primate, the sequence will be particularly useful in bridging the sequences of higher primates (macaque, chimp, human) to close non-primates such as rodents. The 2x planned coverage will not be sufficient to create a full genome assembly, but will provide comparative data across most of the human assembly. Binomial name Otolemur garnettii (Ogilby, 1838) The Northern Greater Galago (Otolemur garnettii), also known as Garnetts Greater Galago, is a prosimian primate endemic to Africa. ... For other uses, see Macaca. ... Type species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 distribution of Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of apes in the genus Pan. ... This article is about modern humans. ... Families Many, see text The order Rodentia is the most numerous of all the branches on the mammal family tree. ...

References

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External links

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Galago

• Bushbabies: Wildlife summary from the African Wildlife Foundation