Gabon bushbaby

The Gabon bushbaby, Sciurocheirus gabonensis, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. It lives in evergreen tropical rainforests and eats primarily fallen fruit, with some arthropods. Its head and body length ranges from 155 to 240 millimetres and its weight from 200 to 445 grams, with males about 11 percent larger than females. It is highly specialised for leaping, with very long feet, a well-developed balancing tail and spoon-shaped ears that rank among the largest relative to body size among primates, and its pelage is browner than that of Bioko Allen's bushbaby and darker than that of the Cross River bushbaby. Its range extends from the Sanaga River in Cameroon through the Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea to Gabon north of the Ogooue River. It occurs in primary forest such as swamp and lowland rainforest and also in secondary forest and felled areas, preferring the undergrowth one to two metres above the ground, at an average density of about 15 animals per square kilometre.