Somali bushbaby

Somali 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. gallarum
Binomial name
Galago gallarum
Thomas, 1901
Somali bushbaby range

The Somali bushbaby (Galago gallarum),[1] or the Somali lesser galago,[3] as it is also known, is a species of nocturnal, arboreal primate in the family Galagidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

  1. ^ a b 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. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b de Jong, Y.A.; Butynski, T.M. (2019). "Galago gallarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T8786A17963185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T8786A17963185.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ Butynski, Thomas M.; de Jong, Yvonne A. (2004). "Natural history of the Somali lesser galago (Galago gallarum)". Journal of East African Natural History. 93: 23–38. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2004)93[23:nhotsl]2.0.co;2.