Two of 26 adult galagos (Galago crassicaudatus panengiensis) at the California Primate Research Center developed neoplasms. One had a fibrosarcoma of the skin that metastasized to mesenteric lymph nodes. The other had a benign apocrine cystadenoma and lipomas in the skin.
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