Needle-clawed bushbaby
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| Needle-clawed bushbabies[1] | |
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| E. pallidus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Galagidae |
| Genus: | Euoticus Gray, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Otogale pallida Gray, 1863 |
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The needle-clawed bushbabies are the two species in the genus Euoticus, which is in the family Galagidae. Galagidae is sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae (or Loridae).
- Genus Euoticus
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby, Euoticus elegantulus
- Northern needle-clawed bushbaby, Euoticus pallidus
- Euoticus pallidus pallidus
- Euoticus pallidus talboti
Unique to the needle-clawed bushbaby are the keeled nails, featuring prominent central ridges ending in needle-like points, present on all digits except the thumbs, the big toes, and the second foot phalanges which have claws.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 123-124. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Ankel-Simons, Friderun (2000). "Hands and Feet". Primate anatomy: an introduction. Academic Press. p. 308. ISBN 0120586703. http://books.google.com/books?id=5fttVRAHA4MC&pg=PA308.
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