Galago matschiei

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1917

Spectacled 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

Lorenz-Liburnau, L. von. 1917. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Affen und Halbaffen von Zentralafrika. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 31:169-241.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41768198

Original name as described

Galago matschiei

Other common names

Dusky Bushbaby · Matschie's Lesser Galago

Type locality

DR Congo, Ituri Forest, Moera.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001043

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 senegalensis inustus

E. Schwarz, 1930

Family

Galagidae

Root name

inustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 10387

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

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

Euoticus inustus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

inustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Galago inustus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Galagidae

Root name

inustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

222

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Galago matschiei

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1917

Family

Galagidae

Root name

matschiei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8787/17963414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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