| Sciurocheirus | |
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| Bioko Allen's bushbaby (S. alleni) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Galagidae |
| Genus: | Sciurocheirus J. E. Gray, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Galago alleni Waterhouse, 1838
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| Species | |
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Sciurocheirus alleni | |
The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Sciurocheirus of the family Galagidae.1
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).32 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.56
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Bioko Allen's bushbaby
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S. alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) Two subspecies
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Western equatorial Africa
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Size: 15–24 cm (6–9 in) long, plus 20–30 cm (8–12 in) tail7 Habitat: Forest8 Diet: Fruit, as well as insects and small mammals9 |
NT
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| Gabon bushbaby | S. gabonensis (Gray, 1863) |
Western equatorial Africa
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Size: 18–21 cm (7–8 in) long, plus 23–28 cm (9–11 in) tail6 Habitat: Forest10 Diet: Arthropods, insects, fruit, and gum11 |
LC
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| Makandé squirrel galago | S. makandensis Ambrose, 2013 |
Gabon in western equatorial Africa
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Size: Unknown6 Habitat: Forest12 Diet: Unknown6 |
DD
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References
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kingdon et al., p. 3763
- Stuart; Stuart, p. 1112
- Kingdon, ch. Galagos
- 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.
- Dengel, Anna (2004). "Galago alleni". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- 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.
- Fitterer, Carolynn (2009). "Galago gabonensis". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- 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.
Sources
Sources
- Kingdon, Jonathan (2020). The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-8320-6.
- Kingdon, Jonathan; Happold, David; Butynski, Thomas; Hoffmann, Michael; Happold, Meredith; Kalina, Jan, eds. (2013). Mammals of Africa. Vol. 2. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4081-8996-2.
- Stuart, Chris; Stuart, Mathilde (2017). Stuarts' Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa (4th ed.). Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-1-77584-276-7.