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Galago zanzibaricus

Order: Primates > Family: Galagidae > Genus: Galago > Species: Galago zanzibaricus

Common Name: Zanzibar Bushbaby [English]

Figure 1. Zanzibar Bushbaby. Photograph by B. Hayes
Figure 1. Zanzibar bushbaby (Galago zanzibaricus) - Figure 1. Zanzibar Bushbaby. Photograph by B. Hayes Courtesy of: B. Hayes. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/ca05e3b5-b119-4926-95de-8fc854805ccd (accessed on 16 Nov 2025)
Figure 2. FMNH 17720. Photograph by R. Banasiak
Figure 2. Zanzibar bushbaby (Galago zanzibaricus) - Figure 2. FMNH 17720. Photograph by R. Banasiak Courtesy of: R. A. Banasiak. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/8797309a-c09a-4dab-84e0-400e403d4086 (accessed on 16 Nov 2025)

Type Description

Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 111

Type Locality

Tanzania, Zanzibar, Yambiani.

Measurements

Head and body: 140-165 mm
Tail length: 200-230 mm
Weight: 120 g

Distribution

Galago zanzibaricus is distributed throughout the coastal lowland rainforests and thickets, riverine forests and secondary growth, including cultivation mosaics and gardens along the coastal strip between the Tana River and the Rufiji River and also occurring on Zanzibar Island. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Figure 3. Distribution map of Galago zanzibaricus
Figure 3. Zanzibar bushbaby (Galago zanzibaricus) - Figure 3. Distribution map of Galago zanzibaricus in Tanzania. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/3e62882d-40ab-4cfc-a00f-7cc97820e30c (accessed on 16 Nov 2025)

Key References

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:308-315.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 107-108.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:493, 503-505.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.