Senegal bushbaby

Senegal bushbaby [1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Galagidae
Genus:	Galago
Binomial name
Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy, 1796
Distribution of the Senegal Bushbaby   Possible range or accidental records

The Senegal bushbaby (Galago senegalensis), also known as the Senegal galago, lesser galago, or lesser bushbaby is a small, nocturnal primate which lives in trees. They prefer dry woodland regions and savannah regions. At the end of the night, group members use a special rallying call and gather to sleep in a nest made of leaves, in a group of branches, or in a hole in a tree.

They are small primates (130mm and 95-300 grams) with woolly thick fur that ranges from silvery gray to dark brown. They are good jumpers.

Bush babies have 1-2 babies per litter, with gestation period being 110—120 days.

1. ↑ Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
2. ↑ Bearder S; Butynski T.M. & De Jong Y. (2008). "Galago senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)