Dusky bushbaby

The dusky bushbaby, Galago matschiei, also known as Matschie's galago after the German zoologist Paul Matschie, is a small, long-tailed primate of the family Galagidae native to tropical Central Africa. It is found in forests in Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, in a range centred on the Albertine Rift. It is a medium-sized galago, about 166 millimetres long in head and body with a 255 millimetre tail and a weight of about 210 grams, with dark brown upper parts, pale grey underparts and a broad pale streak from the snout to the forehead. It is nocturnal, mostly solitary, arboreal and omnivorous, eating beetles, moths, caterpillars, fruit, flowers and gum, and it forages mainly in the middle and lower canopy of primary and secondary forest. Deforestation is the main threat and the population is probably declining, but the species is relatively common and rated least concern.