Dear all, I am back in the Mara and this time the primates have caught my attention. I took these photos tonight of what seems to be a melanistic bushbaby but I wondered if anyone had seen anything like it before?
It is bigger than galagos (bushbabies) that I have seen elsewhere in Kenya in Nairobi, Mombasa, Tana, Shimba .. but it could just be it’s weird coloration that makes it look bigger. It is jet black apart from a white mark on the chest which apparently all the galago’s here are the same though I’ve only seen this one individual which was coming down for bananas. It makes usual galago calls but a chirpy noise as well – at least I think it was this guy chirping.
He looks and acts kind of like a bear!
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He’s beautiful Paula. Where was that taken? Looks like he is feasting on chopped fruit; don’t think that happens in the actual wild :>)
Looks like a Thick-tailed Bushbaby. These a the heavyweight of Bushbabies and are about as big as a cat. They are usually grey to dark brown but some are melanistic (black) coat colored, though this is rare.
Very nice, Paula.