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Greater galagos[1] Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Galagidae Genus: Otolemur
Coquerel, 1859Type species Otolemur agyisymbanus
Coquerel, 1859
( = Otolicnus garnetti Ogilby, 1838)Species Otolemur crassicaudatus
Otolemur monteiri
Otolemur garnettiiThe 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
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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Extant species of family Galagidae (Galagos) Otolemur
(Greater galagos)Euoticus
(Needle-clawed bushbabies)Galago
(Lesser bushbabies)G. senegalensis group: Senegal Bushbaby (G. senegalensis) · Mohol Bushbaby (G. moholi) · Somali Bushbaby (G. gallarum)
G. matschiei group: Dusky Bushbaby (G. matschiei)
G. alleni group: Bioko Allen's Bushbaby (G. alleni) · Cross River Bushbaby (G. cameronensis) · Gabon Bushbaby (G. gabonensis)
G. zanzibaricus group: Zanzibar Bushbaby (G. zanzibaricus) · Grant's Bushbaby (G. granti) · Malawi Bushbaby (G. nyasae)
G. orinus group: Uluguru Bushbaby (G. orinus) · Rondo Bushbaby (G. rondoensis)
G. demidoff group: Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby (G. demidoff) · Thomas's Bushbaby (G. thomasi)CategoryCategories:- Primate stubs
- Lorises and galagos
- Genus Otolemur
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