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bushbaby

Small nocturnal African prosimian with long feet, long, bushy tail, and large ears. Bushbabies are active tree dwellers and feed on fruit, insects, eggs, and small birds.

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Bushbabies are members of the loris family Lorisidae, order Primates.



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The new fossils date to near the evolutionary split of lorises and bushbabies from lemurs, which occurred perhaps 45 million years ago," Seiffert says.
The bushbabies Ward studied in the laboratory used a preferred hand more often when standing on two feet rather than clinging to a cage or tree.
 
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