Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Primates
- ---- family: Galagonidae
- ----- species: Otolemur crassicaudatus
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Characteristics: | omnivore; body-length: 25-50 cm, tail-length: 30-50 cm; the silvery-brown to grey fur is thick and woolly, the underside is lighter coloured; the large eyes ears are characteristic; the hind legs are very powerful and larger than the forelegs; it is bigger than the Moholi Bushbaby and its tail is much thicker and woollier; |
Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
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References: | Cillié 1997: 198 |