Galagoides thomasi

(D. G. Elliot, 1907)

Thomas'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

Elliot, D.G. 1907-09-01. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of mammals belonging to the families Lemuridae, Cebidae, Callitrichidae, and Cercopithecidae in the collection of the Natural History Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(117):185-196.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254057

Original name as described

Galago Thomasi

Other common names

Thomas's Bushbaby · Thomas's Dwarf Bushbaby · Thomas's Galago

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.58

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/58b6df2c-0059-4f96-a383-87aa6ceabf20 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/770128f0-a797-40c1-a58c-101e21c11dd4

Type locality

Fort Beni, Semliki River, Belgian Congo (= DR Congo).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

moved from Galago to Galagoides

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001048

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 Thomasi

(D. G. Elliot, 1907)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.58

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/58b6df2c-0059-4f96-a383-87aa6ceabf20 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/770128f0-a797-40c1-a58c-101e21c11dd4

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254057

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Hemigalago thomasi

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602583

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Galago demidovii thomasi

(B. Lawrence & Washburn, 1936)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Lawrence & Washburn (1936:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68963)

Galagoides thomasi

Grubb, Butynski, J. F. Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Galagidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1309

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40653/17962691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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