Needle-clawed bushbaby

Needle-clawed bushbabies[1]
E. pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Galagidae
Genus:	Euoticus Gray, 1863
Type species
Otogale pallida Gray, 1863
Species
Euoticus elegantulus Euoticus pallidus

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]

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. 123-124. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ 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. 

External links

• Primate Info Net Euoticus Factsheets