Order Primates
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
111
184
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Galago
E. Geoffroy 1796
Galago
E.
Geoffroy 1796
,
Mag. Encyclop., 1: 49
.
Type Species:
Galago senegalensis
É.
Geoffroy 1796
Synonyms:
Chirosciurus
Grevais 1836
;
Galagoides
A.
Smith 1833
;
Hemigalago
Dahlbom 1857
;
Otolicnus
Illiger 1811
;
Sciurocheirus
Gray 1872
.
Species and subspecies:
14 species with 4 subspecies:
Species
Galago alleni
Waterhouse 1837
Species
Galago cameronensis
Peters 1876
Species
Galago demidoff
G. Fischer 1806
Species
Galago gabonensis
Gray 1863
Species
Galago gallarum
Thomas 1901
Species
Galago granti
Thomas and Wroughton 1907
Species
Galago matschiei
Lorenz 1917
Species
Galago moholi
A. Smith 1834
Species
Galago nyasae
Elliot 1907
Species
Galago orinus
Lawrence and Washburn 1936
Species
Galago rondoensis
Honess 1997
Species
Galago senegalensis
E.
Geoffroy 1796
Subspecies
Galago senegalensis
subsp.
senegalensis
E.
Geoffroy 1796
Subspecies
Galago senegalensis
subsp.
braccatus
Elliot 1907
Subspecies
Galago senegalensis
subsp.
dunni
Dollman 1910
Subspecies
Galago senegalensis
subsp.
sotikae
Hollister 1920
Species
Galago thomasi
Elliot 1907
Species
Galago zanzibaricus
Matschie 1893
Discussion:
McKenna and Bell (1997)
included
Otolemur
as a synonym.
Groves (2001
c
)
accepted the following species groups: (1)
C. senegalensis
group (
senagalensis
,
moholi
,
gallarum
), (2)
G. matschiei
group (monotypic), (3)
G. alleni
group (
alleni
,
cameronensis
,
gabonensis
), (4)
G. zanzibaricus
group (
zanzibaricus
,
granti
,
nyasae
), (5)
G. orinus
group (
orinus
,
rondoensis
), and (6)
G. demidoff
group (
demidoff
,
thomasi
).
DelPero et al. (2000)
suggested that the
G. alleni
group should be reallocated to
Otolemur
.