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Euoticus (needle-clawed bushbaby)

Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae

Taxonomy
Otogale (Euoticus) was named by Gray (1863). It is extant.

It was reranked as Euoticus by Sanderson (1940), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Harrison (2010).

It was assigned to Otogale by Gray (1863); to Galaginae by Sanderson (1940); and to Galagidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Harrison (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Otogale (Euoticus) Gray
1940Euoticus Sanderson p. 657
2005Euoticus Wilson and Reeder
2010Euoticus Harrison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLorisiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLorisoidea
familyGalagidaeMivart 1864
genusEuoticus(Gray 1863)

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. Euoticus Gray 1863 [needle-clawed bushbaby]
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Euoticus elegantulus Le Conte 1857 [southern needle-clawed bushbaby]
Euoticus elegantulus pallidus Gray 1863 [northern needle-clawed bushbaby]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available