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Mohol bushbaby

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The Mohol bushbaby is a medium size species with a head-and-body length of 15 cm (6 in) and a tail of 23 cm (9 in).The head is broad, with a short muzzle, orange eyes and diamond-shaped black eye-rings. The nose-stripe is whitish and the ears are large and grey. The dorsal surface
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of the body has a greyish-brown pelage, and the underparts are white, sometimes with a yellowish tinge. The flanks, inside of the limbs, hands and feet are yellowish. The fingers and toes have spatulate tips. The tail is darker than the rest of the fur but is not very bushy.
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Grubb, P.; Butynski, T. M.; Oates, J. F.; Bearder, S. K.; Disotell, T. R.; Groves, C. P.; Struhsaker, T. T. (2003). "Assessment of the diversity of African primates".
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in South Africa. Some of these were originally escaped or released pets, while others have migrated from warmer regions.
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Kingdon, Jonathan; Happold, David; Butynski, Thomas; Hoffmann, Michael; Happold, Meredith; Kalina, Jan (2013).
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Jonathan Kingdon; David Happold; Thomas Butynski; Michael Hoffmann; Meredith Happold; Jan Kalina (2013).
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in Namibia northwards to southern Angola, and eastwards to northern Botswana including
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The Mohol bushbaby feeds predominantly on insects and gum. The gum is an exudate from
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trees that oozes out of punctures made by insects. The most favoured gum-trees are
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Meester, J. A. J.; Rautenbach, I. L.; Dippenaar, N. J.; Baker, C. M. (1986).
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Classification of southern African mammals. Orders Primates and Carnivora
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Range: eastern part of range, westwards to western Zambia, where it
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Breeding populations of this species are present in the suburbs of
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woodlands of southern Africa. It is physically very similar to the
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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It is perhaps also present in 284:Democratic Republic of the Congo 90: 38:At Thalamakane River, Botswana 1: 957:Prince Demidoff's bushbaby ( 1582: 856:(Needle-clawed bushbabies) 1561:Mammals described in 1836 1190: 925:Makandé squirrel galago ( 825:Northern greater galago ( 758: 747:Extant species of family 422:– Moholi lesser bushbaby 220: 202: 195: 87:Scientific classification 85: 63: 54: 42: 37: 28: 23: 1556:Fauna of Southern Africa 907:Bioko Allen's bushbaby ( 834:Silvery greater galago ( 485:; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 274:The species is found in 1531:Mammals of South Africa 1094:(Eastern dwarf galagos) 947:(Western dwarf galagos) 966:Angolan dwarf galago ( 816:Brown greater galago ( 696:10520/AJA090799001_107 1516:Mammals of Mozambique 541:: e.T8788A206563837. 1174:Rondo dwarf galago ( 1119:Kenya coast galago ( 1551:Mammals of Zimbabwe 1541:Mammals of Tanzania 1536:Mammals of Eswatini 1496:Mammals of Botswana 1137:Zanzibar bushbaby ( 997:(Lesser bushbabies) 975:Thomas's bushbaby ( 443:– Namibia bushbaby 249:which is native to 57:Conservation status 1521:Mammals of Namibia 1501:Mammals of Burundi 1165:Uluguru bushbaby ( 1128:Grant's bushbaby ( 1040:Senegal bushbaby ( 897:(Squirrel galagos) 349:. 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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Strepsirrhini
Galagidae
Galago
Binomial name
A. Smith

primate
Galagidae
mesic
Senegal bushbaby
Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Eswatini
Tanzania

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