Galago senegalensis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Northern 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1796. Mémoire sur les rapports naturels des Makis Lemur, L. et Déscription d'un nouvelle espèce de Mammifère. Magasin encyclopédique 1796(1):20-50.

Authority publication link

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k424107b/f18

Original name as described

Galago Senegalensis

Other common names

Senegal Bushbaby · Senegal Galago · Ethiopia Lesser Galago · Kenya Lesser Galago · Senegal Lesser Galago · Uganda Lesser Galago

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1547

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1547

Type locality

Senegal, French West Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Burkina Faso · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001045

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 sennariensis

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Galagidae

Root name

sennariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.15.45, BMNH:Mamm:1846.8.3.11

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8dadf868-9512-4c45-b223-4139251af198 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f76801fe-5e20-4f40-88fe-e75a798e1d5d

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681467

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Galago braccatus

D. G. Elliot, 1907

Family

Galagidae

Root name

braccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f5dfe2ed-088f-4d61-a085-c5631c195dd3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9b27773-e0a2-434c-b9ed-3932c2d96578

Authority page

187

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254055

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1914:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Galago dunni

Dollman, 1910

Family

Galagidae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.5.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8e588362-18c5-46f5-8f94-338448689409 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cb48b43e-3998-4d9e-90b1-dfe526c56086

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094511

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galago pupulus

D. G. Elliot, 1910

Family

Galagidae

Root name

pupulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.9.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4bf95f56-f0be-4659-be61-1a881f958c12 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a17ffa0b-07f9-4532-97a9-d91f5ddae9b8

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094496

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Galago braccatus albipes

Dollman, 1909

Family

Galagidae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2a43ca5c-dbab-46f8-bf20-7839a93028e5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d55c20ed-f768-405d-9d00-52df282875f7

Authority page

549

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097930

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Galago Senegalensis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Family

Galagidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1547

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1547

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Magasin encyclopédique

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Lesson (1827:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Zimara (1935:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  7. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  8. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8789/17963505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemur galago

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

galago

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1547

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1547

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago geoffroyi

G. Fischer, 1806

Family

Galagidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1547

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1547

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

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

Galago acaciarum

Lesson, 1840

Family

Galagidae

Root name

acaciarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1547

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1547

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358437

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago sotikae

Hollister, 1920

Family

Galagidae

Root name

sotikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:184205

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3175a2860-2412-4c70-85d6-8b14f3eb991d

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30039661

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Galago senegalensis camerounensis

Monard, 1951

Family

Galagidae

Root name

camerounensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire, Centre du Cameroun: Série Sciences naturelles

Name usages

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

Otolichnus senegalensis

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Otolicnus Senegalensis

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Otolicnus Galago

(Fitzinger, 1855)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

galago

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Fitzinger (1855:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Galago galago

Matschie, 1895

Family

Galagidae

Root name

galago

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835388

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Galago senegalensis braccatus

Groves, 2005

Family

Galagidae

Root name

braccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galago senegalensis dunni

Groves, 2005

Family

Galagidae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galago senegalensis senegalensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Galagidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galago senegalensis sotikae

Groves, 2005

Family

Galagidae

Root name

sotikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Lemur calago

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

calago

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150783

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Otolicnus Teng

(Sundevall, 1843)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

teng

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304056

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

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