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  Genus Galago or galagos and lesser bushbabies
Galago Galago in the news See textGalago is one of the genera in the family Galagonidae, as well as the name for all of the creatures in that family.
Lorisinae - Galagos Galagos are found in the tropical rainforests of Africa, from the Guinea Coast to the Congo river and to the edge of the Rift Valley.
Galagos are attractive gray, brown, or reddish- or yellowish-brown animals with large eyes and ears, long hind legs, soft wooly fur, and long tails.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Primates/Galagonidae/Galago   (647 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> galago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Galago }} {{otheruses}} Galagos, also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagidae.
Galagos are agile leapers, and run swiftly along branches.
Galagos communicate both by calling to each other, and by marking their paths with urine.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/galago   (441 words)

  
 ADW: Galago senegalensis: Information
Galago sensgalensis has thick, woolly, rather long and wavy fur which is silvery gray to brown dorsally and slightly lighter underneath.
The tarsus of galagos is greatly elongated to 1/3 the length of the shinbone, which allows these animals to adopt the hopping gate of a kangaroo.
Galagos also have a greatly increased muscle mass in the hind legs, which also enables them to perform large leaps.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Galago_senegalensis.html   (1090 words)

  
 Bushbaby Facts
Galagos are attractive gray, brown, or reddish- or yellowish-brown animals with large eyes and ears, long hind legs, soft wooly fur, and long tails.
Galagos pass the day in sleep but are active at night, feeding on fruits, insects, and small birds.
Galagos range in length from about 12-16 centimetres (4 1/2-6 inches), excluding the 18-20-centimetre tail, in Demidoff's dwarf galago, Galago (or Galagoides) demidovii, to about 30-37 centimetres, excluding the 42-47-centimetre tail, in the thick-tailed galago, G. crassicaudatus.
www.kenkuhl.com /bushbaby/facts.html   (1567 words)

  
 Galago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Galago is the general name for the family Galagonidae which consists of eleven species in four genera; Euoticus, Galago, Galagoides and Otolemur.
Genus Galago have large ears with four transverse ridges and can be independently or simultaneously bent back and wrinkled downward from the tips.
In Galago senegalensis, which are typical of the family, females give birth to one or two young between April and November after a gestation period of 110 to 120 days.
users.snowcrest.net /goehring/a2/primates/galago.htm   (509 words)

  
 Resources on Dwarf Galago academic institutions
Dwarf bushbabies or galagos (Galagoides/Galago sp., Primates) were observed with headlamps at night in the canopy near Agumatsa River.
Galago demidoviipoensis; Allen’s galago, Galago alleni alleni, and the Western needle-clawed
BJ mammals: Galagoides, demidoff, Dwarf Galago, Dwarf Bushbaby, Galago de demidoff, Urwaldgalago,P. Cercopithecus, erythrogaster, White-cheeked Guenon, Cercopitheque a
mongabay.org /conservation/Dwarf_Galago.htm   (1432 words)

  
 Galago
A genus of the family Lorisidae having four species which inhabit the forests and bush regions of Africa south of the Sahara and some nearby islands.
Galagos or bush babies are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa.
Galagos communicate both by calling to each other, and by marking their paths with urine.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definitions/english/GA\galago.html   (627 words)

  
 Pictures of the South African galago|Galago moholi facts
The Lesser galagos (Galago moholi) is about the same size but heavier.
The lesser bushbaby, known to scientists as Galago moholi, is a small, tree-dwelling primate active by night.
Mammals Information: The lesser bushbaby, known to scientists as Galago moholi, is a small, tree-dwelling primate active by night.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Primates/Galagonidae/Galago/Galago-moholi.html   (150 words)

  
 Lorisidae Terms and Definitions at www.MedicalGlossary.org
The six genera are: Arctocebus (golden potto), GALAGO (bush babies), Loris (slender loris), Nycticebus (slow loris), and Perodicticus (potto).
Galago - A genus of the family Lorisidae having four species which inhabit the forests and bush regions of Africa south of the Sahara and some nearby islands.
There is another genus, Euoticus, containing two species which some authors have included in the Galago genus.
www.medicalglossary.org /strepsirhini_lorisidae_definitions.html   (224 words)

  
 galago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Related phrases: genus galago greater galago galago senegalensis senegal galago lesser galago galago zanzibaricus
The lesser bushbabies are the common name for the strepsirrhine primates in the genus Galago.
They are classified, along with the rest of the galagos and bushbabies, in the family Galagidae (sometimes called Galagonidae).
www.vocamania.com /galago.aspx   (326 words)

  
 The Lesser Bushbaby
It is smaller than the Senegal Galago, but has a relatively shorter muzzle and larger eyes, and a broader head.
The Mohol, or South African Lesser Galago is characterized by the presence of a tooth-comb.
In fact, this species is found almost exclusively where such resinous tree species occur, and is dependent indirectly upon the activity of certain insect larvae found in the long-horned, jewel and click beetle families, as well as certain wood borers whose feeding activities stimulate the trees to produce resin.
www.conservationcentre.org /scase8.html   (1909 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Galago: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The cortex of Galago,: Its relation to the pattern of the primate cortex (with 22 figures) (Illinois monographs in the medical sciences) by Gerhardt von Bonin (Unknown Binding - 1945)
Supplementary remarks on the genus galago by Andrew Murray (Unknown Binding - 1860)
A bush baby, or galago, is a small, squirrel-like animal related to a monkey.
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Galago&tag=islaamwebsite-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (1129 words)

  
 Moonmilk: URTH archives v8 0685
Any species in the Galago genus of the Lorisidae family, especially Lorisidae Galago senegalensis, also called the lesser bush baby.
A male cat, a castrated male cat, a hook that a male salmon grows on its lower jaw during or after its mating season, the gib fish (the salmon, any species of genus Salmo).
Gulo is the genus of the wolverine (Gulo gulo) and the glutton.
www.urth.net /whorl/archives/v0008/0685.shtml   (468 words)

  
 Primate Taxonomy: Suborder Strepsirrhini
Genus Eulemur: Brown Lemurs (Simons and Rumpler, 1988)
Genus Hapalemur: Lesser Gentle or Bamboo Lemurs (I. Geoffroy, 1851)
Genus Otolemur: Greater Galagos or Thick-tailed Bushbabies (Coquerel, 1859)
www.geocities.com /RainForest/Canopy/3220/taxonomyP.html   (67 words)

  
 PRIMATES
The Zanzibar galago is present along the east African coast from Somalia to Mozambique and on Zanzibar Island (but not on Pemba and Mafia).
Harcourt A., Nash L.T. Social organization of galagos in Kenyan coastal forests: I Galago zanzibaricus.
Harcourt C.S., Bearder S.K. A comparison of Galago moholi in South Africa with Galago zanzibaricus in Kenya.
www.gisbau.uniroma1.it /amd/amd301.html   (734 words)

  
 Resources on Demidoff's Dwarf Galago academic institutions
ADW: Galagonidae: Classification :...dwarf bushbabies and dwarf galagos) Species Galagoides demidoff (Demidoff's galago) Species Galagoides zanzibaricus (Zanzibar galago) Genus Otolemur (greater bush babies and greater galagos) Species...
Bushbaby Facts:...excluding the 18-20-centimetre tail, in Demidoff's dwarf galago, Galago (or Galagoides) demidovii, to about 30-37...
Resources on the Dwarf Galago from academic institutions: Living Primate Species: Geoffroy, 1796.
mongabay.org /conservation/Demidoff's_Dwarf_Galago.htm   (505 words)

  
 FLMNH Collection DB Query Tracking Detail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
family = 'GALAGONIDAE' and genus = 'GALAGO' and species = 'GRANTI' and region = 'Africa' and country = 'Tanzania'
family = 'MURIDAE' and genus = 'NEACOMYS' and species = 'PICTUS' and region = 'panama' and county = 'panama'
family = 'MURIDAE' and genus = 'SAIMIRI' and subspecies = 'c.f.' and state = 'panama' and county = 'panama'
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /scripts/dbs/track_dbs_query_txt_month.asp?database_name=Mammals&query_year=2003&query_month=8   (252 words)

  
 Galagos image here Scientific classification Scientific classification Kingdom...
Eastern Needle-clawed Galago Eastern Needle-clawed Galago, "Galago matschiei"
Mohol Galago Mohol Galago or Southern Lesser Galago, "Galago moholi"
Lesser Galago Lesser Galago or Senegal Galago, "Galago senegalensis" msg:stub
www.biodatabase.de /Galago   (103 words)

  
 Galago Links
Apus: Galago moholi (Southern Lesser Galago) (in Russian)
Damisela: Galago moholi (Southern Lesser Galago) (in Spanish)
Niokolo Badiar: Galago senegalensis (Lesser Galago) (in French)
members.tripod.com /cacajao/galago_links.html   (118 words)

  
 genus fundulus - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
genus fundulus - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
Fundulus majalis, may fish, mayfish, striped killifish - fl-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States
www.onpedia.com /dictionary/genus-Fundulus   (74 words)

  
 All Living Things, in Seven Kingdoms
It also occurred in the Scientific American article that slime molds were rather different from what might have been associated with them earlier, the fungi or protista -- Margulis and Schwartz note that such separate classification can occur but don't themselves give slime molds a separate Kingdom.
The basic elements of the system of classification are in bold text below: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and species.
The classification for these birds is based on another article in Scientific American, which distinguished between the Corvida and the Passerida.
www.friesian.com /life-1.htm   (2374 words)

  
 genus galago - OneLook Dictionary Search
We found 5 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word genus galago:
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genus Galago : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?w=genus+galago   (87 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Galago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Canvas Print, Allen's Galago - 12 x 18 by ClassicPix.com
pictured); East African lesser bushbaby (Galago senegalensis) These nocturnal primates have...
r rarely bushbaby (Galago senegalensis); Zanzibar lesser bushbaby (Galagoides...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Galago&tag=soulsearch04&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (418 words)

  
 CATSCLEM - Dieren: Primaten   Animals Primates
Senegalgalago - Lesser Galago - Lesser Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis)
Genus Cebus - Capucijnapen - Capuchins, or Ring-tail Monkeys
Genus Pan - Chimpansees - Chimpanzees - Bonobos
www.catsclem.nl /dieren/primaten.htm   (921 words)

  
 Ageing, longevity, and life history of Galago alleni
Ageing, longevity, and life history of Galago alleni
Although it has been reported that these animals live up to 12 years [0542], there are few detailed studies and hence maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.
In case you find missing or incorrect information in an entry, please contact us.
genomics.senescence.info /species/entry.php?species=Galago_alleni   (87 words)

  
 Primates - Order Primates
Thick-tailed Greater Bush Baby or Thick-tailed Galago - Otolemur crassicaudatus
Northern Lesser Galago or Northern Lesser Bushbaby - Galago senegalensis
Banded or Crested Langurs or Leaf-monkeys, Surilis - Genus Presbytis
www.animalomnibus.com /primates.htm   (549 words)

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