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This is a bushbaby I found in my lodge in Maasai Mara Park. I think it is a Melanistic Greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus). If it is, black ones are very rare, aren´t they?

7 Comments

Davidbygott
Davidbygott 9 years ago

I've seen these too, in Maasai Mara. They are very big, so it has to be a melanistic Otolemur.

misako
misako 12 years ago

Thank you @dandoucette!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Misako, a bushbaby is a nocturnal primate related tarsiers and lemurs.

misako
misako 12 years ago

what is a bushbaby?

IvánDurán
IvánDurán 12 years ago

Thanks Carolina!
This bushbaby is really a mistery! I also read something about the senegalensis one but I thought it was too small to be this one.

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

I took a look at the Mara Triangle Reserve website, and the only bushbaby on their mammal list was the Senegal bushbaby (Galago senegalensis).

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Awesome spotting! Never seen a black bushbaby. This must be rare.

IvánDurán
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Narok, Kenya

Spotted on Jun 22, 2011
Submitted on Jun 22, 2011

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