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Arctocebus aureus de Winton 1902

Description

Arctocebus aureus de Winton 1902

Arctocebus aureus de Winton 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 48.

Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, 50 mi. (80 km) up Benito River.

Vernacular Names: Calabar Angwantibo.

Synonyms: Arctocebus ruficeps Thomas 1913.

Distribution: C Africa, south of Sanaga River, W and N of Congo /Oubangui River system.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Formerly classified as a subspecies of Arctocebus calabarensis, but considered a full species by Maier (1980:567) and Groves (1989:100-101; 2001 c).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 121, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
de Winton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Primates
Family
Lorisidae
Genus
Arctocebus
Species
aureus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arctocebus aureus Winton, 1902 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Maier, W. 1980. Konstruktionsmorphologische Untersuchungen am Gebiss der rezenten Prosimiae (Primates). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 538: 1 - 158 (in German with English summary).