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.
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
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