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A brief introduction to the knowledge of baby monkey breeds

2022-05-21 / 130 Read

The baby monkey (scientific name Galago senegalensis), also known as the Senegalese baby monkey, is a small nocturnal primate belonging to the genus Infantidae. They have big eyes, strong hind legs, and long tails. It feeds on insects and other small animals, fruits and tree sap, and is the only genus of the Primate Prosimian family. Small in body, roughly the size of squirrel, arboreal, nocturnal. Quick action, good at jumping, jumping up to 3 to 5 meters. The neck is very flexible and can be turned back 180°; there are 1 pair of nipples on the chest and abdomen. Baby monkeys have some morphological features in common with loris and were once included in the loris family.

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baby monkey

Chinese name: baby monkey

Latin name: Galago senegalensis

Nicknames: bush monkey, jungle baby

Kingdom: Animalia

Door: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate Subphylum

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Therathera

Order: Primates

Suborder: Prosimian

Family: Infantidae

Genus: Innosimidae

Species: Infant Monkey

Distribution area: Central Africa

Pinyin: yīng hóu

English name: Northern lesser galago