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- noun An small, nocturnal, African
primate , similar to alemur .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, what do you expect when the Australian astronomy program consists of Paul Hogan, Yahoo Serious and a bushbaby?
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There are small primate populations of potto Perodicticus potto, western black and white colobus Colobus polykomos, red colobus Colobus badius (EN), diana monkey Cercopithecus diana (EN), lesser bushbaby Galago senegalensi and chimpanzees Pan troglodytes (EN) which are close neighbors of the tool-using population in Bossou.
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008
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In one case the researchers saw a chimp remove a dead bushbaby and eat it.
Boing Boing 2007
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Species top to bottom: emperor tamarin, silvery marmoset, gray langur, bushbaby
SAHM vs Working Outside Home: How do other primates solve the work vs childcare dilemma? Field Notes 2009
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Species top to bottom: emperor tamarin, silvery marmoset, gray langur, bushbaby
Archive 2009-09-01 Field Notes 2009
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Three species of primate are found within the montane forests, blue monkey Cercopithecus mitis, western black and white colobus Colobus polykomos abyssinicus, and bushbaby Galago sp. and among mammals found there are leopards Panthera pardus, as well as some of the species listed above.
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I can imagine a bushbaby, under attack, repeating the immortal words of Charlton Heston, “Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!”
Waldo Jaquith - I, for one, welcome our spear-wielding chimp overlords. 2007
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Something sweeped above, a flash of a glowing red eye – a bushbaby, perhaps?
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I just saw an article about a chimp in criminal proceedings for murdering and eating a bushbaby.
Paul Nelson makes a bizarre argument - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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I just saw an article about a chimp in criminal proceedings for murdering and eating a bushbaby.
Paul Nelson makes a bizarre argument - The Panda's Thumb 2007
john commented on the word bushbaby
See galago.
October 17, 2007