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Lesser Bushbaby
Nagapie · Galago moholi
A tiny, wide-eyed primate the size of a squirrel, grey with big membranous ears and an enormous tail. It leaps acrobatically through the canopy at night hunting insects and feeding on tree gum. Its Afrikaans name 'nagapie' means 'little night monkey'.
Log your Lesser Bushbaby sighting — free →How to identify it
Far smaller than the thick-tailed bushbaby; huge eyes and ears, and astonishing leaps between trees.
Where to see it in Kruger
Acacia and bushwillow woodland; often seen around camps at night by torchlight.
Did you know
It can jump more than two metres between branches and swivels its ears like radar to pinpoint insects.
Often confused with
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