This new primate is a ‘giant’ among tiny bushbabies

Mongabay
Feb 22, 2017, 4:39 pm146 pts
In the forests of north-western Angola, scientists have discovered a new species of primate -- a greyish-brown dwarf galago or bushbaby, larger than all previously known dwarf galagos. The newly described Angolan dwarf galago, named after the only country it is known to occur in, has big eyes with a distinctive…

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