The thick-tailed bushbaby is chubby so it can keep warm. It mostly looks like a possum with hamster ears because of its shape and size. It also has fine soft fur. The bushbaby's cry is like the sound of a human child's cry. When the bushbaby does this it is using it for defense.
Bushbabies can fold their ears down for protection while jumping through the air.
The longest jump that a bushbaby has ever done from tree to tree was thirty-three feet. A bushbaby can jump up to fifteen feet up into the air. Bushbabies are nocturnal and have big eyes and ears to help them see and hear at night. They also have long fingers and toes and are able to grab tree branches while they jump. A bushbaby's tail acts like a rudder to the bushbaby as it glides through the air.