Editing Galago (section)

=== Jumping ===

Galagos have remarkable [[jumping]] abilities. The highest reliably reported jump for a galago is {{Cvt|2.25|m}}.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hall-Crags |first=E. C. B. |date=1965 |title=An analysis of the jump of the Lesser Galago (''Galago senegalensis'') |url=https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb01874.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |language=en |volume=147 |issue=1 |pages=20–29 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb01874.x |issn=0370-2774}}</ref> According to a study published by the Royal Society, given the body mass of each animal and the fact that the leg muscles amount to about 25% of this, galago's jumping muscles should perform six to nine times better than those of a frog.<ref name="jumping">{{cite journal |last=Aerts |first=Peter |title=Vertical jumping in ''Galago senegalensis'': the quest for an obligate mechanical power amplifier |journal=Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci |volume=353 |issue=1375 |pages=1607–1620 |date=29 October 1998 |doi=10.1098/rstb.1998.0313 |pmc=1692381}}</ref> This is thought to be due to elastic energy storage in tendons of the lower leg, allowing far greater jumps than would otherwise be possible for an animal of their size.<ref name="jumping"/> In mid-flight, they tuck their arms and legs close to the body; they bring them out at the last second to grab a branch. In a series of leaps, a galago can cover ten yards in mere seconds. The tail, which is longer than the length of the head and body combined, assists the legs in powering the jumps. They may also hop like a kangaroo or simply run or walk on four legs.<ref name="African Wildlife Foundation"/> Such strong, complicated, and coordinated movements are due to the rostral half of the posterior parietal cortex that is linked to the motor, premotor, and visuomotor areas of the frontal cortex.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Microstimulation reveals specialized subregions for different complex movements in posterior parietal cortex of prosimian galagos |last1=Stepniewska |first1=Iwona |date=2005 |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |doi=10.1073/pnas.0501048102 |pmid=15772167 |last2=Fang |first2=Pei-Chun |volume=102 |issue=13 |last3=Kaas |pages=4878–4883 |first3=Jon H. |pmc=555725 |bibcode=2005PNAS..102.4878S |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Qimeng |last2=Liao |first2=Chia-Chi |last3=Stepniewska |first3=Iwona |last4=Gabi |first4=Mariana |last5=Kaas |first5=Jon |title=Cortical connections of the functional domain for climbing or running in posterior parietal cortex of galagos |journal=J Comp Neurol |year=2021 |volume=529 |issue=10 |pages=2789–2812 |doi=10.1002/cne.25123 |pmid=33550608 |pmc=9885969 }}</ref>