Galagidae

Also known as galago, bushbaby, galagos, bushbabies, bush baby, bush babies

right|226px|thumb|Mohol bushbaby (Galago moholi)

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Species

Galagidae

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPrimates
FamilyGalagidae

Observations recorded7,658

Galagonidae • Galagos Les galagos (Galagidae ou Galagonidae) forment une famille de primates regroupant 11 espèces réparties en quatre genres. Les galagos vivent en Afrique où ils sont assez communs dans certaines régions. Ce sont des mammifères de petite taille. Leurs pattes postérieures sont plus longues que les pattes antérieures. Leurs oreilles sont larges et mobiles. Leur queue est très longue. Ils se déplacent rapidement de branche en branche.

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Research

530 papers

Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa.Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2024Halajian A, Cuozzo FP, Heyne H et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102313
A multilocus phylogeny reveals deep lineages within African galagids (Primates: Galagidae).BMC evolutionary biology · 2014Pozzi L, Disotell TR, Masters JCDOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-72
Population and genetic structure of a male-dispersing strepsirrhine, Galago moholi (Primates, Galagidae), from northern South Africa, inferred from mitochondrial DNA.Primates; journal of primatology · 2021Phukuntsi MA, Du Plessis M, Dalton DL et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10329-021-00912-y
AN OSTEOMETRIC STUDY OF THE HIND LIMB OF THE GALAGIDAE.Journal of anatomy · 1965HALL-CRAGGS EC
New species of Neotrombicula (Acari: Trombiculidae) from African primates (Galagidae and Cercopithecidae).Journal of medical entomology · 1995Goff MLDOI: 10.1093/jmedent/32.1.12
A giant among dwarfs: a new species of galago (Primates: Galagidae) from Angola.American journal of physical anthropology · 2017Svensson MS, Bersacola E, Mills MSL et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23175
Fishing behaviour in Galago crassicaudatus E. Geoffroy, 1812 (Prosimiae; Lorisiformes; Galagidae).Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology · 1976Welker CDOI: 10.1159/000155758
High Robot.Scientific American · 2017Biba EDOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0517-21a

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taxon name: Galagidae

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Article

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Contents

Taxonomic classification and phylogeny
Characteristics
Jumping
Behaviour
Relationship with humans
References
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right|226px|thumb|Mohol bushbaby (Galago moholi)

Galagos , also known as bush babies or nagapies (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are considered a sister group of the Lorisidae.