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Galagidae Gray 1825
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Family GALAGIDAE
(GALAGOS)
• Small to medium-sized prosimians with highly developed, elongated hindlimbs, generally short snout, round eyes, large, naked, membranous, mobile ears, large, soft, woolly fur, and long, usually thick tail.
• 30-90 cm.
• Afrotropical Region.
• Tropical lowland, swamp, riparian, montane, and submontane forests and forest-edge, thicket and scrub, hilly and semi-arid woodlands, savanna, and tree plantations.
• BH genera, 18 species, 34 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Galagidae, pp. 184-209 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 184, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6657019
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