How To Use galago In A Sentence
- There are small primate populations of potto Perodicticus potto, western black and white colobus Colobus polykomos, red colobus Colobus badius (EN), diana monkey Cercopithecus diana (EN), lesser bushbaby Galago senegalensi and chimpanzees Pan troglodytes (EN) which are close neighbors of the tool-using population in Bossou. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire
- Three species of primates are endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains and Southern Rift, the Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei, EN), the Udzungwa red colobus (Procolobus gordonorum, VU) and the mountain dwarf galago (Galagoides orinus). Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane
- The lorises and related mainland African species (pottos, angwantibos, and galagos) are members of the Infraorder Lorisiformes.
- Just like monkeys and apes, the galago lives in trees, but unlike monkeys and apes it is active at night.
- Some workers have done this: Charles-Dominique (1977) likened the skin membranes of galagos to incipient patagia, and Feduccia (1993) used the term patagium in connection with sifakas. Literally, flying lemurs (and not dermopterans)
- The Demidoff's galago is found throughout the forests of central and western Africa.
- Some workers have done this: Charles-Dominique (1977) likened the skin membranes of galagos to incipient patagia, and Feduccia (1993) used the term patagium in connection with sifakas [image above, from Demes et al. (1991), shows the patagia in a sifaka, with the extent of the fur shown in grey around the body]. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- Also known as the Senegal galago, bushbabies are small, nocturnal primates that leap from branch to branch among the treetops. ZooBorns
- The hind limbs of galagos are longer than their forelimbs, which makes them very adept at leaping.
- There are also two endemic species of galagos (out of a total of four occurring in the hotspot): the Rondo dwarf galago (Galagoides rondoensis) in the southern Tanzanian forests, the Kenya coast galago (G. cocos) from northern Tanzania and into Kenya. Biological diversity in the coastal forests of Eastern Africa
