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Galagidae
Sign in to saveAlso known as galago, bushbaby, galagos, bushbabies, bush baby, bush babies
right|226px|thumb|Mohol bushbaby (Galago moholi)
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Galagidae is a family within the order Primates, classified under the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon is identified by the scientific name Galagidae.
Records of this family are held by institutions including CLO and YPM, with occurrences documented in Kenya and Cameroon. The family has 7,658 recorded occurrences and 530 associated publications.
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Species
Galagidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyGalagidae
Galagonidae • Galagos Les galagos (Galagidae ou Galagonidae) forment une famille de primates regroupant 11 espèces réparties en quatre genres. Les galagos vivent en Afrique où ils sont assez communs dans certaines régions. Ce sont des mammifères de petite taille. Leurs pattes postérieures sont plus longues que les pattes antérieures. Leurs oreilles sont larges et mobiles. Leur queue est très longue. Ils se déplacent rapidement de branche en branche.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Galagidae
- Collections
- CLO, YPM
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Cameroon
Research
530 papers- Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa.Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2024Halajian A, Cuozzo FP, Heyne H et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102313
- A multilocus phylogeny reveals deep lineages within African galagids (Primates: Galagidae).BMC evolutionary biology · 2014Pozzi L, Disotell TR, Masters JCDOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-72
- Population and genetic structure of a male-dispersing strepsirrhine, Galago moholi (Primates, Galagidae), from northern South Africa, inferred from mitochondrial DNA.Primates; journal of primatology · 2021Phukuntsi MA, Du Plessis M, Dalton DL et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10329-021-00912-y
- AN OSTEOMETRIC STUDY OF THE HIND LIMB OF THE GALAGIDAE.Journal of anatomy · 1965HALL-CRAGGS EC
- New species of Neotrombicula (Acari: Trombiculidae) from African primates (Galagidae and Cercopithecidae).Journal of medical entomology · 1995Goff MLDOI: 10.1093/jmedent/32.1.12
- A giant among dwarfs: a new species of galago (Primates: Galagidae) from Angola.American journal of physical anthropology · 2017Svensson MS, Bersacola E, Mills MSL et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23175
- Fishing behaviour in Galago crassicaudatus E. Geoffroy, 1812 (Prosimiae; Lorisiformes; Galagidae).Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology · 1976Welker CDOI: 10.1159/000155758
- High Robot.Scientific American · 2017Biba EDOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0517-21a
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Galagidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomic classification and phylogeny
- Characteristics
- Jumping
- Behaviour
- Relationship with humans
- References
- External links
right|226px|thumb|Mohol bushbaby (Galago moholi)
Galagos , also known as bush babies or nagapies (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are considered a sister group of the Lorisidae.
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