Lesser Bushbaby (Galago moholi)

Photo taken by Mattias one night outside the Bar at Nata Lodge, Botswana (near Makgadikgadi Pans). See Nata Lodge on the itinerary See Makgadikgadi Pans in LP guide

Bushbabies are strictly nocturnal, so hard to see, but we were lucky! They live in trees and feed on insects, fruit and tree sap. We heard it make a loud crying sound - like a baby! More on Bushbabies more bushbaby photos (on external sites): >>> 1  2  3  4  5 >>> Thumbnail shots

Duke University Primate Center (DUPC):
Lesser Bushbaby: www.duke.edu/web/primate/lesserbb.html
Brown Bushbaby: www.duke.edu/web/primate/brownbb.html

Anthropology at College of the Siskiyous:
Galago (the Bushbaby family): www.snowcrest.net/goehring/a2/primates/galago.htm

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Animal Diversity Web:
Galagonidae (the Bushbaby species): www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio108/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Galagonidae.shtml
Galago senegalensis-Lesser bush baby: www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio/doc.cgi/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Galagonidae/Galago_senegalensis.ftl
Galago alleni-Allen's Bush Baby: www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio/doc.cgi/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Galagonidae/Galago_alleni.ftl

AfricaNet:
Bushbaby: wildnetafrica.co.za/wildlifearticles/zoologic/1997/bushbaby.html

The Meerkat Mpango:
Bushbaby: www.meerkat.org/mammals/bushbaby.htm

Virtual Safari:
Bushbaby: home.san.rr.com/surfari/animals/primates/bushbaby.html

Oxford Brookes University:
Article on new Bushbaby species: www.brookes.ac.uk/brookes/review/eleven.html

Chaffee Zoo (Fresno):
Lesser Bush Baby: www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/bushbaby.html

Editrice Del Vascello Zoo (Italy):
Bushbabies: www.edv.it/ZOO/AN_TERRA/e_galagone.html

Primate Info Net - Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center - University of Wisconsin - Madison:
Bushbaby pictures: night.primate.wisc.edu/pin/images/galago.html

AfriCam Field Guides:
Lesser Bushbaby pictures and info: www.africam.co.za/mirror/fieldguide/animals/bushbaby.html

Karibu Southern Africa Safari:
Lesser Bushbaby pictures and info: home.vicnet.net.au/~neils/africa/bushbaby.htm

Smithsonian Institute - National Zoo:
Bushbaby pictures and info:
natzoo.si.edu/zooview/exhibits/smmam/tour/bushbaby.htm

Djuma Game Reserve:
Lesser Bushbaby: www.djuma.co.za/djuma/bushbaby.htm

DarlingPlum: an 'adopted' Bushbaby @ DUPC (w/ photo):
www.speakeasy.org/~delores/lemur/bushbaby.html

Tropical World: Greater Bushbaby: education.leeds.ac.uk/~edu/technology/epb97/tropical/bushbaby.htm

Bushbabies Silver Medal in the Animal Olympics: d bushbaby pictures: lemur.stanford.edu/lemurs/


Et cetera:
Amazing Animal Facts: http://zebu.cvm.msu.edu/~dawsonbr/welcome.htm
museum.nhm.uga.edu/AO/hjmp.html#bbaby



 

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