Also known as the Senegal galago, bushbabies are small, nocturnal primates that leap from branch to branch among the treetops. From Wordnik.com. [ZooBorns] Reference
The distribution of Demidoff's galago (Galagoides demidoff) subspecies follows a similar pattern, with G.d. anomurus and G.d. murinus found only on the right bank of the Congo and G.d. phasma found only on the left. From Wordnik.com. [Western Congolian swamp forests] Reference
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). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane] Reference
Several new mammal species have also been discovered in recent years, including two possibly new species of dwarf galago (Galagoides spp.) on the Taita Hills and on Mt. Rungwe and potentially a new mangabey species endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the coastal forests of Eastern Africa] Reference
The northwestern limit of the ecoregion is the Sanaga River, a faunal boundary for such species as the golden angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus), white-bellied duiker (Cephalophus leucogaster), mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), and elegant needle-clawed galago (Euoticus elegantus). From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern Congolian lowland forests] Reference
Of the many babies born in Bio2 during its first two years, the most visible was a galago born in the early months of closure. From Wordnik.com. [The Social Customer Manifesto] Reference
And yes, we've talked on the XDG list about both these systems for adoption as freedesktop. org specifications; the notifications one is based on the galago spec minus some. From Wordnik.com. [Planet KDE] Reference
In April of that year, an infant galago monkey was found dead in a washing machine after someone from the lab "failed to ensure that all animals were removed from fabric nesting boxes prior to them being washed.". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories | nashvillecitypaper.com] Reference
Five of the world's 25 most endangered primates on this year's list are species only recently described: the Rondo dwarf galago by Paul Honess in 1997; the grey-shanked douc by Tilo Nadler in 1997; the Niger Delta red colobus by Peter Grubb and C. Bruce Powell in 1999; the kipunji by C.rolyn Ehardt and colleagues in 2005; and the Siau Island tarsier first described by Myron Shekelle and colleagues in 2008. From Wordnik.com. [ENS] Reference
These lowland forests are of particular importance for the conservation of primates, and a number of narrowly distributed species occur, such as the strictly endemic Preuss's red colobus (Procolobus pennanti preussi, EN), and the near-endemic red-eared monkey (Cercopithecus erythrotis, VU), crowned guenon (Cercopithecus pogonias, VU), drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus, EN), pallid needle-clawed galago (Euoticus pallidus spp. pallidus on Bioko, EN), and Pennant's red colobus (Procolobus pennanti pennanti, EN) of Bioko. From Wordnik.com. [Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests] Reference
Other primates include Angolan black and white colobus Colobus polykomos angolensis, western red colobus C. badius (VU), Thollon's red colobus, Procolobus badius tholloni, the endemic black mangabey Lophocebus aterrimus, and numerous Cercopithecus species: including redtailed guenon Cercopithecus ascanius, Salonga guenon C. dryas, golden-bellied mangabey C. galeritus chrysogaster, Wolf's mona C. mona wolfi, Allen's swamp monkey Allenopithecus nigroviridis, Bosman's potto Peridicticus potto and dwarf galago Galagoides demidovi. From Wordnik.com. [Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference
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