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Senegal Bushbaby

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Mammalia

Theria

Eutheria

Euarchontoglires

Primates

Galagidae

Galago

G. senegalensis

Galago senegalensis

 

other resources:

Animal Diversity Web

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

natural bone skeleton

articulated and mounted summer 2011

Barry Rhoades

Wesleyan College

 

  
 

adaptations for night vision

skull - note disproportionatelty large eye sockets

 

 

adaptations for climbing

pectoral girdle - note prominent, fully articulated clavicles

 

  
 

adaptations for grooming

note incisor "tooth comb" on mandible

 

 

adaptations for grooming

pes (foot) - note reduced primate toenails; modification of second toenail as grooming claw

  
     


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