Family GALAGIDAE

(GALAGOS)

• Small to medium-sized prosimians with highly developed, elongated hindlimbs, generally short snout, round eyes, large, naked, membranous, mobile ears, large, soft, woolly fur, and long, usually thick tail.

• 30-90 cm.

• Afrotropical Region.

• Tropical lowland, swamp, riparian, montane, and submontane forests and forest-edge, thicket and scrub, hilly and semi-arid woodlands, savanna, and tree plantations.

• BH genera, 18 species, 34 taxa.

• 1 species Critically Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.