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Squirrel galago

Squirrel galago

Species of primate

The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Sciurocheirus of the family Galagidae.[1]

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Originally a single species was described, Galago alleni, by Waterhouse (1838), and the species was placed in a separate genus, Sciurocheirus by Gray in 1863.[2] While some listings still included them in Galago,[3] the species was split into three taxa, alleni, cameronensis, and gabonensis by Eisentraut (1973) and Groves (1989)[4] which were then later elevated to species status by Groves (2001) as S. alleni, S. cameronensis, and S. gabonensis and followed by Groves (2005) and Nekaris (2013).[3][2] The IUCN and American Society of Mammalogists both list S. cameronensis as a subspecies of S. alleni (as listed below). In 2013, another species, S. makandensis was described.[5][6]

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References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Nekaris, Anna (2013). "Family Galagidae: Galagos". In Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 184–284. ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7.
  3. [3]
    Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Galago". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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    Grubb, Peter; Butynski, Thomas M.; Oates, John F.; Bearder, Simon K.; Disotell, Todd R.; Groves, Colin P.; Struhsaker, Thomas T. (2003). "Assessment of the diversity of African primates". International Journal of Primatology. 24 (6): 1301–1357. doi:10.1023/B:IJOP.0000005994.86792.b9. S2CID 24110272.
  5. [5]
    Kingdon et al., p. 3763
  6. [6]
    Stuart; Stuart, p. 1112
  7. [7]
    Kingdon, ch. Galagos
  8. [8]
    Perkin, A.; Butynski, T. M.; Cronin, D. T.; Masters, J.; Oates, J. F.; Pimley, E. (2020). "Sciurocheirus alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T8785A95509640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T8785A95509640.en.
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    Dengel, Anna (2004). "Galago alleni". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  10. [10]
    Oates, J. F. (2019). "Sciurocheirus gabonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136214A17961659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136214A17961659.en.
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    Fitterer, Carolynn (2009). "Galago gabonensis". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  12. [12]
    Svensson, M.; Ambrose, L.; Bearder, S. (2020). "Sciurocheirus makandensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T91979463A91979703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T91979463A91979703.en.

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