Zanzibar bushbaby

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The Zanzibar bushbaby, Matundu dwarf galago, Udzungwa bushbaby, or Zanzibar galago (Paragalago zanzibaricus<ref name="Masters2017">Template:Cite journal</ref>) is a primate of the family Galagidae. An adult typically weighs Template:Convert, its head-body length is Template:Convert and its tail is between Template:Convert long. Like other species of galagos, its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, and tree gums.<ref name="EOL">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

It is the most widespread and abundant bushbaby in the coastal forests of Tanzania. It is thought to prefer the mid to high canopy of tropical coastal forest, submontane and lowland tropical forest. It has one or two young per year.<ref name=iucn />

There are two subspecies of this bushbaby:

  • P. z. zanzibaricus, from Zanzibar
  • P. z. udzungwensis, from mainland Tanzania

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