Galago

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lorisiformes
Familia: Galagidae
Genus: Galago
Species: G. senegalensis - G. moholi - G. gallarum - G. matschiei - G. alleni - G. cameronensis - †G. farafraensis - G. gabonensis - G. zanzibaricus - G. granti - G. nyasae - G. orinus - G. rondoensis - G. demidoff - G. thomasi

[edit] Name

Galago, Gray, 1796

Type species: Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy, 1796

[edit] Synonyms

• Chirosciurus Grevais, 1836
• Galagoides A. Smith, 1833
• Hemigalago Dahlbom, 1857
• Macropus Fischer, 1811 [not of Shaw, 1790]
• Otolicnus Illiger, 1811
• Sciurocheirus Gray, 1872.

[edit] Vernacular names

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[edit] References

• Galago on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).