Somali bushbaby

The Somali bushbaby, Galago gallarum, also called the Somali lesser galago, is a nocturnal, arboreal primate of the family Galagidae found in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Unlike other galagos it is endemic to the thorny woodland and semi-arid thorn scrub of south-western Ethiopia, most of Kenya and southern Somalia. Oldfield Thomas first described it in 1901; it was later treated as a subspecies of the Senegal bushbaby until T. R. Olson raised it again to full species rank, and it is considered monotypic. Males average about 436 millimetres overall and females about 413 millimetres. The face and throat are whitish, set against black or dark brown ears, eye-rings, muzzle and tail, so that the animal looks sand-coloured by day and grey by night. It can be told from the Senegal bushbaby by its shorter hind limb, hind foot, ear and tail measurements, and by its call and habitat. It is threatened by habitat loss.