What is "galago"

bush baby \bush baby\, bushbaby \bush"ba*by\(b[.u]sh"b[=a]*b[y^]), n. 1. any of several agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemurlike primates of the genus Galago with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears; -- called also galago.

n. Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus ''Galago'', with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. (from 19th c.)

n. agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears [syn: bushbaby, bush baby]

Galagos , also known as bushbabies, bush babies, or nagapies (meaning "little night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae or Loridae.

According to some accounts, the name "bushbaby" comes from either the animal's cries or its appearance. The South African name nagapie is because they are almost exclusively seen at night, while the Ghanaian name " aposor" is given to them because of their firm grip on branches.

In both variety and abundance, the bushbabies are the most successful primitive primates in Africa, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.

1. redirect lesser bushbaby

Category:Primate genera Category:Lorises and galagos

Galago is a desktop presence information framework, designed to transmit presence information between programs. This gives the Linux desktop the ability to combine numerous sources of information about people and combine them in novel ways. This is an area of rapid progress in desktop computing. A simple example of the possibilities of such a framework is having a unified 'friends' list, which could conceivably include Twitter, Facebook, nearby computers on the wired or wireless network, your e-mail contacts, VoIP contacts, and any of your IM contacts. Increasingly, Internet services such as SIP voice over IP allow optional publication of your presence. This means that a wide number of channels of communication with a person become possible, and Galago will allow that choice to be available in one place.

A Galago is a kind of primate also known as a bush-baby.

Galago may also refer to:

• Galago (software), a desktop presence framework

Galago is a Swedish comics and illustrations magazine published in Sweden. It specializes in alternative comics, and has traditionally had a left-leaning slant. It appears four months a year.