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Zanzibar Bushbaby
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Galagonidae
Genus: Galago
Species:G. zanzibaricus
Binomial name
Galago zanzibaricus
Matschie, 1893

The Zanzibar Bushbaby (Galago zanzibaricus) is a primate of the Galagonidae family. An adult typically weighs 100 - 300g and is 34 - 39.5 cm long. Like other species of galagos, their diet consists mainly of fruit.

For a time, this species and Prince Demidoff's Galago were removed from the genus Galago and placed into the new genus Galagoides. Recent work in molecular systemics have shown that this removal was erroneous, the two species have been returned to the Galago genus, and Galagoides made defunct.

There are two subspecies of this bushbaby:

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