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consists of different syllables that are combined and repeated in various ways.

In addition the team also discovered the following;

The calls also suggest that the two populations of dwarf galago in the Taita Hills may belong to different species. The calls of the animals of the smaller population are very similar to those of the Kenya coast dwarf galago, a species that has previously been thought to live only in coastal, low elevation forests. The peculiar calls of the second population cannot yet be linked with certainty to any known species.

Sources; The Ol Pejeta Conservancy, San Diego Zoo/www.theGuardian.com, Bat Conservation International/www.theIndependent.co.uk. The Discovery Journal.

Collated and written by Paul Irven.

Spearheaded by midlands teenagers, Harvey Tweats and Tom Whitehurst, Celtic Reptile & Amphibian is European herpetofauna conservation with the largest European captive breeding facility in the UK www.celticreptileamphibian.co.uk