Greater galago
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| Greater galagos[1] | |
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| Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Galagidae |
| Genus: | Otolemur Coquerel, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Otolemur agyisymbanus Coquerel, 1859 ( = Otolicnus garnetti Ogilby, 1838) |
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Otolemur crassicaudatus |
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The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are everyday names 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
- Brown Greater Galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). "Genus Otolemur". In Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 126-127. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100151.
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