The Euoticus Inustus, is a unique mammal. They are very smart and intelligent when I comes to finding food and surviving. Its common name is the Eastern Needle-Clawed Galago, but it is also called Dusky Bush-baby. It lives in the Eastern part of Africa.
 

They live in the Eastern part of Africa in Uganda and Zaire. They spend most of their time in trees looking for food and staying away from predators. They will stay up in tress about five to thirty-five meters. They will come down to about three or four meters to eat gums off trees.
 

The population of these animals are decreasing because of deformation of the offspring, due to agriculture. And it isn't helping when they only have one offspring. People like farmers in Africa kill them for farmland and raising cattle.

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What they do to eat, is other animals or insects damage the trees to release the gums and they use their claws to scrape it off and eat it. But the only time they will eat gums is in the dry seasons. Other then gums they will eat fruit, and insects. Some of the insects they eat are Grasshoppers and beetles. They also use their claws to dig the insects out of tree branches.

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Their biggest predators that they have to worry about are mongoose and jackals. Some survive by staying in trees. If they are being chased they can jump from branch to branch. Believe it or not they can also run away from predators by jumping to about seven feet long.
 

I have learned more about this animal then I did before. In fact, I have never even heard of this animal before in my life, although I have seen pictures of it, but I just didn't know what it was called. It is a very interesting species of animal to research, and I find it completely adorable. I have learned that the the Eastern needle-Clawed Galago is a small African primate that feeds of of gums off trees and insects, with a slowly decreasing population.

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Author: Savannah B.

Published: 12/13/12

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