### Clue: Primate hard at work catching hard black sailor (8)
### Answer: BUSHBABY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Primate
  BUSY(hard at work) **containing**(catching) [H($$h$$ard) B($$b$$lack) AB($$a$$ble-$$b$$odied seaman,sailor)] 
Answer:  Nocturnal (which explains their large eyes and ears) arboreal primate found in Africa south of the Sahara