Silvery greater galago

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Silvery greater galago [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Otolemur
Species:
Subspecies:
O. c. monteiri
Trinomial name
Otolemur crassicaudatus monteiri
Bartlett, 1863

The silvery greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus monteiri) is a nocturnal primate from the galago family. It is usually found in Brachystegia woodland, from Angola to Tanzania, western Kenya and Rwanda. [1]

The species was separated from the brown greater galago by Colin Groves in 2001, including O. m. argentatus as a subspecies, [1] but both the IUCN and the American Society of Mammalogists retain it as a subspecies. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 127. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Masters, J.; Bearder, S. (2019). "Otolemur crassicaudatus ssp. monteiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T91991178A17989322. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Otolemur crassicaudatus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.10. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 11 August 2023.