Galago gallarum

O. Thomas, 1901

Somali Lesser Galago

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-07-01. Some new African bats (including one from the Azores) and a new Galago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(43):27-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980029

Original name as described

Galago gallarum

Other common names

Somali Bushbaby · Somali Galago

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.3.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94795aaf-205a-4c66-9dfc-9cd5929fa8eb https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a463f433-5d90-4ea4-b0aa-ab298fb650b0

Type locality

Dawa River (= Webi Dau), Boran country, southern Abyssinia (= Ethiopia).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · Sudan? · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001042

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.

Galago gallarum

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Galagidae

Root name

gallarum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.3.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94795aaf-205a-4c66-9dfc-9cd5929fa8eb https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a463f433-5d90-4ea4-b0aa-ab298fb650b0

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980029

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8786/17963185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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