| Galagidae[1] | |
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| Brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Superfamily: | Lorisoidea |
| Family: | Galagidae Gray, 1825 |
| Type genus | |
| Galago Geoffroy, 1796
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| Genera | |
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Euoticus | |
Galagos /ɡəˈleɪɡoʊz/, also known as bush babies or nagapies (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans[2]), are small nocturnal[3] 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.[4][5]
According to some accounts, the name "bush baby" comes from either the animal's cries or its appearance. The Ghanaian name aposor is given to them because of their firm grip on branches.[citation needed]
In both variety and abundance, the bush babies are the most successful strepsirrhine primates in Africa, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.[3]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Family Galagidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 123–127. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Bush babies". National Geographic. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b "African Wildlife Foundation: Bush Baby". Awf.org. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ Pozzi, Luca; Disotell, Todd R.; Masters, Judith C. (2 April 2014). "A multilocus phylogeny reveals deep lineages within African galagids (Primates: Galagidae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 72. Bibcode:2014BMCEE..14...72P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-72. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 4021292. PMID 24694188.
- ^ Perelman, Polina; Johnson, Warren E.; Roos, Christian; Seuánez, Hector N.; Horvath, Julie E.; Moreira, Miguel A. M.; Kessing, Bailey; Pontius, Joan; Roelke, Melody; Rumpler, Yves; Schneider, Maria Paula C. (17 March 2011). "A Molecular Phylogeny of Living Primates". PLOS Genetics. 7 (3): e1001342. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001342. ISSN 1553-7404. PMC 3060065. PMID 21436896.