Brown greater galago

Brown greater galago[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Otolemur
Species:
O. crassicaudatus
Binomial name
Otolemur crassicaudatus
Brown greater galago range

The brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), also known as the large-eared greater galago or thick-tailed galago, is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos. As opposed to smaller galago species it would climb, walk or run rather than leap.[3]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Otolemur crassicaudatus". 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. p. 126. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Masters, J.; Bearder, S. (2019). "Otolemur crassicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15643A17963699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15643A17963699.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1997). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals: Second Edition. London: Academic Press Limited. p. 97. ISBN 9781472921352.