Cross River bushbaby

Cross River bushbaby[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Sciurocheirus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. a. cameronensis
Trinomial name
Sciurocheirus alleni cameronensis
(Peters, 1876)[3]
Map showing range of Cross River bushbaby on the mainland and Allen's bushbaby on Bioko

The Cross River bushbaby, also known as the Cross River squirrel galago, (Sciurocheirus alleni cameronensis) is a subspecies of prosimian primate in the family Galagidae which is endemic to a restricted area of West Africa. It is one of four species of squirrel galago in the genus Sciurocheirus.

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Oates, J.F.; Bearder, S. (2008). "Sciurocheirus alleni ssp. cameronensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136854A4347206. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Sciurocheirus cameronensis (Peters, 1876)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (https://www.itis.gov). Retrieved 2016-11-22.