Squirrel galago

Sciurocheirus
Bioko Allen's bushbaby (S. alleni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Sciurocheirus
J. E. Gray, 1872
Type species
Galago alleni
Species

Sciurocheirus alleni
Sciurocheirus gabonensis
Sciurocheirus makandensis

The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Sciurocheirus of the family Galagidae.[1]

Originally a single species was described, Galago alleni, by Waterhouse (1838), and the species was placed in a separate genus, Sciurocheirus by Gray in 1863.[2] While some listings still included them in Galago,[3] the species was split into three taxa, alleni, cameronensis, and gabonensis by Eisentraut (1973) and Groves (1989)[4] which were then later elevated to species status by Groves (2001) as S. alleni, S. cameronensis, and S. gabonensis and followed by Groves (2005) and Nekaris (2013).[3][2] The IUCN and American Society of Mammalogists both list S. cameronensis as a subspecies of S. alleni (as listed below). In 2013, another species, S. makandensis was described.[5][6]

Genus Sciurocheirus – Gray, 1872 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Bioko Allen's bushbaby

Drawing of brown bushbaby

S. alleni
(Waterhouse, 1838)

Two subspecies
 Western equatorial Africa
Map of range 		Size: 15–24 cm (6–9 in) long, plus 20–30 cm (8–12 in) tail[7]

Habitat: Forest[8]

Diet: Fruit, as well as insects and small mammals[9] 		 NT 


Unknown Population declining[8]

Gabon bushbaby


S. gabonensis
(Gray, 1863) 		Western equatorial Africa
Map of range 		Size: 18–21 cm (7–8 in) long, plus 23–28 cm (9–11 in) tail[6]

Habitat: Forest[10]

Diet: Arthropods, insects, fruit, and gum[11] 		 LC 


Unknown Unknown[10]

Makandé squirrel galago


S. makandensis
Ambrose, 2013 		Gabon in western equatorial Africa
Map of range 		Size: Unknown[6]

Habitat: Forest[12]

Diet: Unknown[6] 		 DD 


Unknown Unknown[12]


  1. ^ Masters, J.C.; Génin, F.; Couette, S.; Groves, C.P.; Nash, S.D.; Delpero, M.; Pozzi, L. (2017). "A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 229–241. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw028. hdl:2318/1618044.
  2. ^ a b Nekaris, Anna (2013). "Family Galagidae: Galagos". In Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 184–284. ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7.
  3. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Galago". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  4. ^ Grubb, Peter; Butynski, Thomas M.; Oates, John F.; Bearder, Simon K.; Disotell, Todd R.; Groves, Colin P.; Struhsaker, Thomas T. (2003). "Assessment of the diversity of African primates". International Journal of Primatology. 24 (6): 1301–1357. doi:10.1023/B:IJOP.0000005994.86792.b9. S2CID 24110272.
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