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- bush baby or galago
bush baby
noun
: any of several small nocturnal arboreal African primates (Galago and related genera of the family Galagidae) 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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Horizontal chair-rail molding divides the walls, each decked out in half custom toile and half tropical wallpaper featuring bush babies.
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Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026
Sign up for a night game drive to spot elusive nocturnal creatures like aardvarks, honey badgers, and bush babies under the stars.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2025
Black mambas are often seen cruising the savanna with their head and neck held high, using their keen eyesight to scan for danger or track prey – typically small mammals such as hyraxes, bush babies, and rodents.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Squirrels aren’t the only arboreal jumpers out there, and there’s likely more to learn from other animals—Salto was originally inspired by the galago (also known as bush babies), although those are more difficult to find on the UC Berkeley campus.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
The Mandalorian, who does share with Gizmo wide bush baby eyes, a head shaped like a donut peach, big fennec fox ears, and endless merch potential.
—Vulture, 15 July 2022
In Florida, 22 animals had been tested as of early this month, including three wild dolphins, two civets, two clouded leopards, a gorilla, an orangutan, an alpaca and a bush baby, state officials said.
—Jonel Aleccia, CNN, 30 Oct. 2020
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Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026
Sign up for a night game drive to spot elusive nocturnal creatures like aardvarks, honey badgers, and bush babies under the stars.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2025
Black mambas are often seen cruising the savanna with their head and neck held high, using their keen eyesight to scan for danger or track prey – typically small mammals such as hyraxes, bush babies, and rodents.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Squirrels aren’t the only arboreal jumpers out there, and there’s likely more to learn from other animals—Salto was originally inspired by the galago (also known as bush babies), although those are more difficult to find on the UC Berkeley campus.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
The Mandalorian, who does share with Gizmo wide bush baby eyes, a head shaped like a donut peach, big fennec fox ears, and endless merch potential.
—Vulture, 15 July 2022
In Florida, 22 animals had been tested as of early this month, including three wild dolphins, two civets, two clouded leopards, a gorilla, an orangutan, an alpaca and a bush baby, state officials said.
—Jonel Aleccia, CNN, 30 Oct. 2020
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“Bush baby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bush%20baby. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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