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Taxonomy
Galagidae was named by Mivart (1864). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Galaginae by Sanderson (1940); it was corrected as Galagonidae by Nowak (1991) and Poux and Douzery (2004).
It was assigned to Lemuridae by Sanderson (1940); to Lorisiformes by Seiffert et al. (2003), Poux and Douzery (2004), Seiffert et al. (2005), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Pickford et al. (2006); to Lorisoidea by Harrison (2010); and to Primates by Nowak (1991) and Masters et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the subfamily Galaginae by Sanderson (1940); it was corrected as Galagonidae by Nowak (1991) and Poux and Douzery (2004).
It was assigned to Lemuridae by Sanderson (1940); to Lorisiformes by Seiffert et al. (2003), Poux and Douzery (2004), Seiffert et al. (2005), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Pickford et al. (2006); to Lorisoidea by Harrison (2010); and to Primates by Nowak (1991) and Masters et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Galagidae Mivart |
| 1940 | Galaginae Sanderson p. 657 |
| 1991 | Galagonidae Nowak |
| 2003 | Galagidae Seiffert et al. |
| 2004 | Galagonidae Poux and Douzery |
| 2005 | Galagidae Seiffert et al. p. 11399 |
| 2005 | Galagidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Galagidae Pickford et al. p. 938 |
| 2010 | Galagidae Harrison |
| 2017 | Galagidae Masters et al. |
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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.
Fm. Galagidae Mivart 1864 [galago]
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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]
Euoticus pallidus Gray 1863
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]
G. Galagoides Smith 1833
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Subg. Galagoides (Galagoides) Matthews and Brothers 2002
Galagoides demidoff Fischer 1806 [Prince Demidoff's galago]
Galagoides kumbirensis Svensson et al. 2017
Galagoides thomasi Elliot 1907
Subfm. †Kombinae Harrison 2010
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G. †Komba Simpson 1967
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†Komba minor Le Gros Clark and Thomas 1952
†Komba robustus Le Gros Clark and Thomas 1952
†Komba walkeri Harrison 2010
†Komba winamensis McCrossin 1992
G. Otolemur Coquerel 1859
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Otolemur crassicaudatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
Otolemur garnettii Ogilby 1838
†Otolemur howelli Wesselman 1984
Otolemur monteiri Barlett 1863
G. Paragalago Masters et al. 2017
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Paragalago cocos Heller 1912
Paragalago granti Thomas 1907
Paragalago orinus Lawrence and Washburn 1936
Paragalago rondoensis Honess 1997
Paragalago zanzibaricus Matschie 1893
G. Sciurocheirus Gray 1872
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Sciurocheirus alleni Waterhouse 1838 [Bioko Allen's bushbaby]
Sciurocheirus cameronensis Peters 1876
Sciurocheirus gabonensis Gray 1863
Sciurocheirus makandensis Ambrose 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Egypt | Saharagalago misrensis (67706) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Wadilemur elegans (60127) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | Komba minor (28293) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Progalago songhorensis (87341) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Komba winamensis (22078) | |
| Tortonian | Kenya | Galagidae indet. (219711) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Egypt (Western Desert) | Galago farafraensis (77023) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya | Galago sp. (232486) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | Galago senegalensis (22234) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Galago sadimanensis (32050) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Galago howelli, Galagoides demidovii (21546) | |
| Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Galago howelli (21677) | |
| Gelasian | Tanzania | Galago sp. (22595) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Galago senegalensis (21681) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Otolemur crassicaudatus (21854) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Galagoides demidovii (22074) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) | Galago sp. (22558 22583) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Galago senegalensis (22628) | |
| Holocene | Zambia | Galago senegalensis (21894) | |
| Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Galagoides demidovii (22073) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Galago senegalensis (21693) |