Greater galago

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Greater galagos[1]
Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)
Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Otolemur
Coquerel, 1859
Type species
Otolemur agyisymbanus
Coquerel, 1859
( = Otolicnus garnetti Ogilby, 1838)
Species

Otolemur crassicaudatus
Otolemur monteiri
Otolemur garnettii

The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are the common name for three species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Otolemur in the family Galagidae.

  • Genus Otolemur
    • Brown Greater Galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus
      • Otolemur crassicaudatus crassicaudatus
      • Otolemur crassicaudatus kirkii
    • Silvery Greater Galago, Otolemur monteiri
      • Otolemur monteiri monteiri
      • Otolemur monteiri argentatus
    • Northern Greater Galago, Otolemur garnettii
      • Otolemur garnettii garnettii
      • Otolemur garnettii lasiotis
      • Otolemur garnettii kikuyuensis
      • Otolemur garnettii panganiensis

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 126-127. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 

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