Euoticus elegantulus

(Le Conte, 1857)

Southern Needle-clawed Galago

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lorisiformes
Family : Galagidae
Genus : Euoticus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Le Conte, J.E. 1857-02-25. Descriptions of several new mammals from western Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9(1):10-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330274

Original name as described

Microcebus elegantulus

Other common names

Elegant Galago · Elegant Needle-clawed Galago · Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby · Western Needle-clawed Bushbaby · Western Needle-clawed Galago

Type material

ANSP 956/?2781

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Gabon, Ogooué River, Njola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001040

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Microcebus elegantulus

(Le Conte, 1857)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

elegantulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 956/?2781

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330274

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Otolicnus apicalis

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

apicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.6.13.1, ANSP 956/?2781

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/449513e3-11dc-462c-a752-6f4138cbb643

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249921

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago elegantulus tonsor

(Dollman, 1910)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

tonsor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0f0a1c15-14b7-4885-9f06-b4654a361d2d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/938b7737-ee5e-4f65-9ca6-a2e04cf3af75

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094513

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago elegantulus apicalis

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

apicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602574

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Galago elegantulus

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

elegantulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602569

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Kershaw (1923:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Euoticus elegantulus

Eisentraut, 1963

Family

Galagidae

Root name

elegantulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Eisentraut (1963:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Groves (1993:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  5. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  7. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  8. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8265/17961768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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