Galago Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796 (galago)

Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae

Synonyms: Otolicnus Illiger 1811, Otolienus Illiger 1811

Parent taxon: Galagidae according to T. Harrison 2010

See also Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, Palmer 1904, Pickford et al. 2006, Seiffert et al. 2005 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Euoticus, Galagoides, Kombinae, Otolemur, Paragalago, Progalago, Saharagalago, Sciurocheirus, Wadilemur

Subtaxa: Galago farafraensis Galago gallarum Galago matschiei Galago moholi Galago sadimanensis Galago senegalensis

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection), South Africa (1), Tanzania (4), Zambia (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), Tanzania (1)

• Miocene of Egypt (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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