needle-clawed bush baby

The needle-clawed bush babies are classified in another genus, Euoticus. The two species live in the rainforests of west-central Africa. They feed on tree exudate, clinging upside-down to the bark of a tree by digging in their sharp-pointed clawlike nails, stabbing the bark with specialized canine…

…lemur (genus Phaner) and the needle-clawed galago (genus Euoticus)—are used for scraping exudates off bark, but other species use the structure for piercing fruit, for nipping off leaves, and for grooming the fur. Canines are present throughout the order but show remarkable variation in size, shape, projection, and function. Characteristically,…