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No - and I've seen bush babies. Bush babies are correctly called galagos. Galagos, along with lorises and pottos, are generally referred to "prosimians", as are lemurs. They are all primates, but are only very distantly related to monkeys and apes.

They are tiny to small animals only reaching a weight in the largest species of about 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs). All are entirely arboreal and nocturnal. Lemurs live in Madagascar (where I have seen them all over the island) but none of the others do. Lorises live in India and Southeast Asia; pottos and galagos live only in Africa; tarsiers are found only on certain islands in Malaysia.

Lorises, pottos, and galagos are closely related to lemurs; tarsiers are only distantly related. Lorises, pottos and galagos all belong to the family Lorisidae. Tarsiers belong to the family Tarsiidae and an entirely different superfamily, the Tarsiodea.

<blockquote data-quote="BrianH" data-source="post: 2105683" data-attributes="member: 64960">No - and I&#039;ve seen bush babies.&nbsp; Bush babies are correctly called galagos.&nbsp; Galagos, along with lorises and pottos, are generally referred to &quot;prosimians&quot;, as are lemurs.&nbsp; They are all primates, but are only very distantly related to monkeys and apes. &nbsp;They are tiny to small animals only reaching a weight in the largest species of about 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs). All are entirely arboreal and nocturnal. Lemurs live in Madagascar (where I have seen them all over the island) but none of the others do. Lorises live in India and Southeast Asia; pottos and galagos live only in Africa; tarsiers are found only on certain islands in Malaysia.Lorises, pottos, and galagos are closely related to lemurs; tarsiers are only distantly related. Lorises, pottos and galagos all belong to the family Lorisidae. Tarsiers belong to the family Tarsiidae and an entirely different superfamily, the Tarsiodea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrianH, post: 2105683, member: 64960"] No - and I've seen bush babies. Bush babies are correctly called galagos. Galagos, along with lorises and pottos, are generally referred to "prosimians", as are lemurs. They are all primates, but are only very distantly related to monkeys and apes. They are tiny to small animals only reaching a weight in the largest species of about 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs). All are entirely arboreal and nocturnal. Lemurs live in Madagascar (where I have seen them all over the island) but none of the others do. Lorises live in India and Southeast Asia; pottos and galagos live only in Africa; tarsiers are found only on certain islands in Malaysia. Lorises, pottos, and galagos are closely related to lemurs; tarsiers are only distantly related. Lorises, pottos and galagos all belong to the family Lorisidae. Tarsiers belong to the family Tarsiidae and an entirely different superfamily, the Tarsiodea. [/QUOTE]

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