Galagoides_zanzibaricus

Zanzibar bushbaby

Zanzibar bushbaby

Species of primate

The Zanzibar bushbaby, Matundu dwarf galago, Udzungwa bushbaby, or Zanzibar galago (Paragalago zanzibaricus[3]) is a primate of the family Galagidae. An adult typically weighs 150 grams (5.3 oz), its head-body length is 14 to 15 centimetres (5.5 to 5.9 in) and its tail is between 12 and 15 centimetres (4.7 and 5.9 in) long. Like other species of galagos, its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, and tree gums.[4]

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It is the most widespread and abundant bushbaby in the coastal forests of Tanzania. It is thought to prefer the mid to high canopy of tropical coastal forest, submontane and lowland tropical forest. It has one or two young per year.[2]

There are two subspecies of this bushbaby:

  • P. z. zanzibaricus, from Zanzibar
  • P. z. udzungwensis, from mainland Tanzania

References

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    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. 126. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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    Perkin, A.; Butynski, T.M.; de Jong, Y.A. (2020) [errata version of 2020 assessment]. "Paragalago zanzibaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T8790A179843811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T8790A179843811.en.
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    Masters, J.C.; Génin, F.; Couette, S.; Groves, C.P.; Nash, S.D.; Delpero, M.; Pozzi, L. (2017). "A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 229–241. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw028. hdl:2318/1618044.
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    "Zanzibar galago". Galagoides zanzibaricus - Encyclopedia of Life. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
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