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Taxonomy
Galago was named by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1796). It is extant.
It was assigned to Galagidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Seiffert et al. (2005), Pickford et al. (2006) and Harrison (2010).
It was assigned to Galagidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Seiffert et al. (2005), Pickford et al. (2006) and Harrison (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1796 | Galago Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire |
| 1811 | Otolicnus Illiger p. 74 |
| 2005 | Galago Seiffert et al. p. 11399 |
| 2005 | Galago Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Galago Pickford et al. p. 938 |
| 2010 | Galago Harrison |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Galago Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796
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†Galago farafraensis Pickford et al. 2006
Galago gallarum Thomas 1901
Galago matschiei Lorenz 1917
Galago moholi Smith 1836 [mohol bushbaby]
†Galago sadimanensis Walker 1987
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 [Senegal bushbaby]
Invalid names: Otolicnus Illiger 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Egypt (Western Desert) | G. farafraensis (77023) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya | G. sp. (232486) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | G. senegalensis (22234) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | G. sadimanensis (32050) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | G. howelli (21546) | |
| Piacenzian | Ethiopia | G. howelli (21677) | |
| Gelasian | Tanzania | G. sp. (22595) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | G. senegalensis (21681) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) | G. sp. (22558 22583) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | G. senegalensis (22628) | |
| Holocene | Zambia | G. senegalensis (21894) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | G. senegalensis (21693) |