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bush baby

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

bush baby name for several small, active nocturnal primates of the loris family, found in forested parts of Africa. Bush babies, also called galagos, form the subfamily Galaginae. The smallest are about 1 ft (30 cm) long, including the long, furry tail. All have fluffy fur, small pointed faces with large eyes, and naked, highly mobile ears. The very large eyes are adapted for nocturnal vision and their pupils contract so as to be almost invisible. The long hind legs are specialized for jumping; the fingers and toes are long and slender, with fleshy terminal pads; and the thumb and big toe are opposable. Extremely swift and agile, bush babies leap like squirrels from branch to branch and hop on their hind legs on the ground. They feed on gums, insects, fruit, and vegetable matter. Senegal bush babies ( Galago senegalensis ) are familiar as pets. They are gregarious and spend much time grooming each other with their front teeth. Bush babies are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Primates, family Lorisidae.

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bush baby

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bush ba·by (also bush·ba·by) • n. (pl. -bies) a small nocturnal tree-dwelling African primate (genus Galago, family Lorisidae) with very large eyes.

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bush-baby

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

bush-baby (Galago) See LORISIDAE.

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	"My, what big eyes and ears you have!" (bush babies of East Africa) Magazine article from: U.S. Kids; 4/1/1996
	THE BUSH BABIES; femail. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 1/2/2003
	Bush baby Louise may be adopted.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/18/2002