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==Appearance== Lesser bushbabies are small, woolly primates with long tails and oversized, naked ears. Different species are sometimes indistinguishable even when compared side by side.<ref name="WNPRC">{{cite web |title=Lesser bushbaby |url=https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-lesser-bushbaby/ |website=WNPRC}}</ref> Additionally, there is often notable variation in coloration and body size even within species and populations.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ambrose |first1=Lesley |title=Three acoustic forms of Allen's galagos (Primates; Galagonidae) in the Central African region |journal=Primates |date=January 2003 |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=25β39 |doi=10.1007/s10329-002-0004-x |pmid=12548332 |s2cid=23422588 |language=en |issn=0032-8332}}</ref> Their coat varies across body regions as well as between species, typically ranging from black, brown, and grey to white, with many showing a greenish, reddish, and orangeish tint to the sides and limbs. Some species have a nasal strip while others have distinct dark rings around the eyes.<ref name="WNPRC"/> Their neck is very flexible, so that the head can turn 180 degrees,<ref>{{cite book |title=Grzimek's encyclopedia of mammals. |date=1990 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Publishing Company |location=New York |isbn=9780079095084 |edition=English language}}</ref> which gives them a broad field of vision which is helpful in locating prey; they also have highly mobile ears that allow them to track insects as they hunt. Round flat pads on their fingertips, between their fingers, and on their palms at the base of their thumbs enable them to firmly grip the branches.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sleeper |first1=Barbara |title=Primates : the amazing world of lemurs, monkeys, and apes |date=1997 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco |isbn=9780811814348}}</ref> They also have pointed, keeled nails that give them stability as they cling to smooth tree surfaces and reach for insects into crevices, using their rough narrow tongue.<ref name="nep-lesser" />
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