Galago , also known as bushbabies , bush babies or nagapies ( meaning `` little night monkeys '' in Afrikaans ) , are small , nocturnal primates native to continental Africa , from the family Galagidae . Galagos ( gÉ Ë leÉ goÊ s ) , also known as bushbabies , bush babies or nagapies ( meaning `` little night monkeys '' in Afrikaans ) , are small , nocturnal primates native to continental Africa , and make up the family Galagidae ( also sometimes called Galagonidae ) .