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brown greater galago
Sign in to saveAlso known as Otolemur crassicaudatus, Thick-tailed greater galago, large-eared greater galago
species of mammal
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Vinony's link graph records 55 inbound references to brown greater galago, and connects out to International Union for Conservation of Nature, Kenya and Somalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Fauna of Central Africa, Fauna of Southern Africa and Galagos.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least ConcernMaximum longevity: 22.7 years (captivity) Observations: One captive specimen of the subspecies *monteiri* lived 22.7 years in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Greater galago
- Image
- Otolemur crassicaudatus.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Otolemur crassicaudatus
- taxon name
- Otolemur crassicaudatus
- Commons gallery
- Otolemur crassicaudatus
- taxon common name
- gálagu raugordu
- longest observed lifespan
- 22.7
- short name
- O. crassicaudatus
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “brown greater galago” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.