Dusky bushbaby

Dusky bushbaby[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Galago
Species:
G. matschiei
Binomial name
Galago matschiei
Lorenz, 1917
Geographic range
Synonyms
  • Euoticus inustus Schwarz, 1930

The dusky bushbaby (Galago matschiei) is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is also known as Matschie's galago, in honour of the German zoologist Paul Matschie, curator of mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.[3] Native to tropical Central Africa, it is found in forests in Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The species is small with a long tail, and has an arboreal, nocturnal and omnivorous lifestyle.

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Butynski, T.M.; de Jong, Y.A. (2019). "Galago matschiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T8787A17963414. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T8787A17963414.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.