Rondo dwarf galago
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| Species: | G. rondoensis
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| Galagoides rondoensis Honess, 1997
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The Rondo dwarf galago (Galagoides rondoensis) is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It weighs less than 100 grams and is nocturnal.[3] It is endemic to Tanzania where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Its lives in an area reported in 2012 to be less than 100 square kilometres[3] and is threatened by habitat loss due to logging.[2] It is listed as one of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates."[4] It is distinct from other dwarf galagos in its bottle-brush-shaped tail, its reproductive anatomy, and its distinctive “double unit rolling call”[4] The "double unit rolling call" is composed of two soft units. The first unit is made at a higher pitch than the second and uttered in a series up to six times at a regular tempo to form a phrase.[5] In 2010, it was also added to the Zoological Society of London's list of genetically distinct and endangered mammals. [6]
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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- ^ a b Taylor, Anna-Louise (25 January 2012) Strange endangered primates you may have never heard of - Rondo dwarf galago (Galago rondoensis) BBC News Nature features, Retrieved 13 September 2012
- ^ a b Mittermeier, R.A.; Wallis, J.; Rylands, A.B.; Ganzhorn, J.U.; Oates, J.F.; Williamson, E.A.; Palacios, E.; Heymann, E.W.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Long Yongcheng; Supriatna, J.; Roos, C.; Walker, S.; Cortés-Ortiz, L.; Schwitzer, C., eds. (2009). "Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010" (PDF). Illustrated by S.D. Nash. Arlington, VA.: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI): 1–92. ISBN 978-1-934151-34-1.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Perkin, Andrew; Bearder, Simon; Butynski, Thomas M.; Agwanda, Bernard; Bytebier, Benny (1 January 2002). "The Taita Mountain Dwarf Galago Galagoides Sp: A New Primate for Kenya". Journal of East African Natural History. 91 (1): 1–13. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2002)91[1:TTMDGG]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ "`Asian Unicorn' And Scaly Anteater In Peril." Australian, The (2010): 18. Newspaper Source. Web. 18 Apr. 2013.
External links
- EDGE of Existence (Rondo dwarf galago) – Saving the World's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species
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