Galago

Galago senegalensis

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Informal group: Pelycosauria
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamiliae: Lorisoidea
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

Name

Galago, É. Geoffroy, 1796

Type species: Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy, 1796

Synonyms

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

References

• Galago in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

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