bush baby

noun

Definition of bush baby

: any of several small nocturnal arboreal African primates (Galago and related genera of the family Lorisidae) with large eyes, long ears, a long tail, and elongated hind limbs that enable them to leap with great agility — called also galago

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His further research determined that nature's best continuous jumper is the galago, or bush baby, a nocturnal primate native to Africa.

— erin biba, Scientific American, "This Adorable Mammal Inspired a More Agile Robot," 1 May 2017
The team recorded calls of several bush babies at three forest sites in western Angola, then compared the recordings with teeth and jaws from museum specimens.

— elena bersacola, National Geographic, "New Dwarf Primate Found, Is Giant Among Its Kin," 1 Mar. 2017

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