Galagoides demidoff

(G. Fischer, 1806)

Demidoff's Dwarf Galago

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de l'Université Impériale de Moscou 1: 23-26. [This volume was reissued in 1811 as "Tome premier, seconde édition", but the text of the first edition was different.]

Original name as described

Galago Demidoff

Other common names

Demidoff's Dwarf Bushbaby · Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby · Bioko Dwarf Galago · Calabar Dwarf Galago · Congo Dwarf Galago · Kasai Dwarf Galago · Uele Dwarf Galago

Type locality

Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Gabon · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola

Taxonomy notes

moved from Galago to Galagoides; spelt demidoff rather than demidovii, as per the original description; the name minutus Cuvier, 1797 is considered a nomen oblitum and synonym of G. demidoff

Taxonomy notes citation

Masters JC, Boniotto M, Crovella S, Roos C, Pozzi L, Delpero M: Phylogenetic relationships among the Lorisoidea as indicated by craniodental morphology and mitochondrial sequence data. Am J Primatol. 2007, 69: 6-15. · Jenkins, P., Masters, J., Groves, C., & Couette, S. (2018). Case 3742—Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 (currently Galagoides; Mammalia, Primates, Galagidae): proposed conservation of the specific name and designation of a neotype. Lemur minutus Cuvier, 1797: proposed designation of a neotype. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75(1), 21-31.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001046

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 Demidoff

(G. Fischer, 1806)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoff

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1811:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10123047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69286)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macropus Demidovii

(G. Fischer, 1808)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidovii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Commentationes Societatis Physico-Medicae, apud Universitatem Literarum Caesaream Mosquensem Institutae

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1808:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69284)
  2. Fischer (1813:558, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)

Galago Demidovii

(G. Fischer, 1808)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidovii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=_9hYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA57

Authority publication

Commentationes Societatis Physico-Medicae, apud Universitatem Literarum Caesaream Mosquensem Institutae

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1808:57, https://books.google.com/books?id=_9hYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69284)
  2. Lawrence & Washburn (1936:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68963)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

galago Demidoffii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523868

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Gray (1863:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  5. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Gray (1871:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  7. Schlegel (1876:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Otolicnus Demidofii

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidofii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528905

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Galago Demidofii

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidofii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523705

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)

Galago Demidofii

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidofii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814823

Authority publication

Paris

Mioxicebus rufus

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358410

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Otolicnus Demidoffii

(J. A. Wagner, 1853)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544267

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wagner (1853:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38201)

Octolicnus peli

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

peli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835789

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Galago murinus

(A. Murray, 1859)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25486731

Authority publication

Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago Peli

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

peli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Galago demidoffi

(P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037790

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Sclater (1872:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  2. Rivière (1886:15, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f18.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68746)
  3. Pousargues (1893:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68688)
  4. Thomas (1904:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66004)

Otolicnus pusillus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1876)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329850

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Alston (1878:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51296601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62444)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Otolienus Demidoffii

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876404

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Hemigalago demidoffii

(A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187537

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Rochebrune (1883:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

Galago (Hemigalago) anomurus

(de Pousargues, 1893)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

anomurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-2038

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-2038 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-2039 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-2040

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099343

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

  1. Pousargues (1893:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68688)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago demidoffi poensis

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.7.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b850bfb-497f-404e-8fef-3d1e9ba34cf4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/46583e21-af50-4d13-8515-2b5061c4c02b

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207401

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66004)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hemigalago anomurus

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

anomurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602582

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Hemigalago demidoffi

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602576

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Kershaw (1923:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)

Hemigalago demidoffi poensis

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602582

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Hemigalago demidoffi medius

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

medius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.8.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/797972b9-5151-4364-b35b-758c1f87e9d6 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fbc2ceab-df84-44e4-ab35-5271b7cc34be

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131563

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Galagoides demidoffi

J. A. Allen, 1925

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949781

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1925:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)
  2. Allen & Coolidge (1930:586, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)

Galagoides demidoffi medius

J. A. Allen, 1925

Family

Galagidae

Root name

medius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949781

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1925:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Galagoides demidoffi phasma

Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926

Family

Galagidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.7.6.42

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8e5b17db-288b-4eb8-b8b7-09dc7034adbc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fadc0f4f-e1e8-469e-8eb0-5fb244b4e4dc

Authority page

596

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Galagoides demidovii

Eisentraut, 1963

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidovii

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. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Galagoides demidovii murinus

Eisentraut, 1963

Family

Galagidae

Root name

murinus

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. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galago (Galago) demidovi

(Hayman, 1963)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Galago (Galago) demidovi phasma

(Hayman, 1963)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Galagoides demidoff

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidoff

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Groves (1993:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40649/17962255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galagoides demidovii anomurus

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Galagidae

Root name

anomurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galagoides demidovii demidovii

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Galagidae

Root name

demidovii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galagoides demidovii medius

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Galagidae

Root name

medius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galagoides demidovii phasma

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Galagidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Galagoides demidovii poensis

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Galagidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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