Northern greater galago

Life

Northern greater galago[1]
Northern greater galago (Otolemur garnettii)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Galagidae
Genus:	Otolemur
Species:	O. garnettii
Binomial name
Otolemur garnettii (Ogilby, 1838)
Northern greater galago range

The northern greater galago (Otolemur garnettii), also known as Garnett's greater galago, is a prosimian primate endemic to Africa.

A low-coverage genomic sequence of the northern greater galago, was completed in 2006. As a 'primitive' primate, the sequence is particularly useful in bridging the sequences of higher primates (macaque, chimp, human) to close non-primates such as rodents. The current 2x coverage is not sufficient to create a full genome assembly, but will provide comparative data across most of the human assembly.

References

1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 126. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ Butynski, T. M. M., Bearder, S. & De Jong, Y. (2008). Otolemur garnetti. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.