Bush Baby
By: K. L.


Kingdom | Phylum | ClassOrder| Family | Genus Species | Paragraph

Kingdom: Animilia |  Return to Top

Phylum: chordata Return to Top

Class: Mammalia |  Return to Top

 

bush babyAdult Bush Baby

Order: Primates |  Return to Top

Family: Galagonidae |  Return to Top

Genius Species: Galago senegalensis |  Return to Top

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    The Bush Baby Has many characteristics to help it survive in its habitat. It has pads that help climb trees. hopefully this paragraph will help you learn things about the bush baby.             

    The bush baby has many different characteristics to help it survive in the wild.  One characteristic is that it has disks on the bottom of its feet to help it get traction to climb trees. This shows that it is good at climbing trees.  Another characteristic is Extra muscle mass in its hind legs witch enables it to make long leaps in jump. This shows that it can jump great distances witch helps it jump from tree to tree. Last thing is its long tail that helps it balance when walking on a tree branch and guiding it when it jumps. This shows that it helps be stable when in high places or flying. These characteristics help the bush baby survive in the wild.

    The habitat is in Africa but on the coastal forests. They live in tall trees of the forest and come down to the floor to feed at night because they are nocturnal.  This shows that they live in trees and eat at night but sleep during the day. The countries are Somalia, South Africa and West Africa.  This shows that they live in Africa. Know You should Know the region that bush babies come from.

   The Bush baby has many characteristics to help it survive in Africa.

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Bush babies are small

they are very athletic

they have long tails

           Work Cited                   

 Ballenger, L. (2003). Galago Senegalensis. Retrieved Apr. 16, 2003, www.animaldiversity.com

Muzzy, Catherine. Personal interview. 6 Apr. 2003.

wonderclub.com/Wildlife/ mammals/bushbaby.html. Apr. 2003

 

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