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Bush babies in Uganda

Bush babies in Uganda.

Bush babies in Uganda- Bush babies are among the smallest primates almost as small as a squirrel, they are African nocturnal primates that live in trees and they are usually seen during the night game drive in the different national parks in Uganda. They have an odd as it combines the looks of several animals like a bat, a cat, and somehow a dog. To clearly identify a bush baby, you have to look out for particular features on its body. There are two types which include the tick-tailed bush babies and the lesser bush babies.

They have the same habitats as monkeys except that while monkeys come out during day time, you can only get to see the bush babies in night as they are nocturnal animals therefore they never face ecological competition with monkeys.

 

Bush babies in Uganda
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Bush babies are commonly seen in woodland areas, they like bush lands of the sub Sahara of Africa too that is why you will be able to find them anywhere across the East African block.  They don’t like places with high altitudes especially that that goes beyond 6,500 feet high. In Uganda, you will find them in Kibale national park and in the impenetrable Bwindi forests, and there are those dwarf bush babies that have been seen in Lake Mburo national park and also, many of them found a home in Queen Elizabeth national parks.

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