IRMNG - Galago Geoffroy, 1796

IRMNG taxon details

Galago Geoffroy, 1796

IRMNG_ID

1208816 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1208816)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Galagidae Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Cheirosciurus Gray, 1863 · unaccepted

Chirosciurus Gervais vernac. · unaccepted

Galagoides Smith, 1833 · unaccepted

Hemigalago Dahlbom, 1857 · unaccepted

Macropus Fischer, 1806 · unaccepted

Otaclinus Anonymous, 1845 · unaccepted

Otoclinus Gervais, 1845 · unaccepted

Otoleneus McMurtrie in Cuvier, 1834 · unaccepted

Otolenus Goldfuss, 1820 · unaccepted

Otolicna Illiger, 1815 · unaccepted

Otolicnus Illiger, 1811 · unaccepted

Otolignus Berthold in Latreille, 1827 · unaccepted

Otolincus McMurtrie in Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted

Sciurocheirus Gray, 1873 · unaccepted

Stolicnus Gray, 1870 · unaccepted

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Species Galago alleni Waterhouse, 1838
Species Galago demidoff
Species Galago gallarum Thomas, 1901
Species Galago matschiei Lorenz, 1917
Species Galago moholi A. Smith, 1836
Species Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Mag. Encyclop., 1 (1)
page(s): 49 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796. Available name (validated by ICZN). McKenna and Bell (1997)...

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796. Available name (validated by ICZN). McKenna and Bell (1997) included Otolemur as a synonym. (Wilson & Reeder, 2005). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Galago Geoffroy, 1796. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1208816 on 2024-12-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2022-04-29 03:19:49Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (22)
Notes (3)

original description Mag. Encyclop., 1 (1)
page(s): 49 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Galagoides Smith, 1833) S. African Quart. Journ., 2, no. 1 (1)
page(s): 32 [details]

original description (of Macropus Fischer, 1806) Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou
page(s): 1 [details]

original description (of Otolignus Berthold in Latreille, 1827) Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar. x+606 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 588 [details]

original description (of Otoclinus Gervais, 1845) D'Orbigny, C. (ed.). (1844-1845). Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, Vol. 5: Dictynes-Galenia. MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie., Paris. 768 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/272814
page(s): 762 [details]

original description (of Hemigalago Dahlbom, 1857) Zool. Stud., 1 (3)
page(s): 224 [details]

original description (of Otoleneus McMurtrie in Cuvier, 1834) in Cuvier, Anim. Kingd.
page(s): 50 [details]

original description (of Otolicna Illiger, 1815) Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1804-11, tabell. ii (1). [details]

original description (of Otolicnus Illiger, 1811) Prod.
page(s): 74 [details]

original description (of Sciurocheirus Gray, 1873) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, 849
page(s): 857 [details]

original description (of Otolincus McMurtrie in Cuvier, 1831) in Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., 1
page(s): 74 [details]

original description (of Otaclinus Anonymous, 1845) London Ency., 22 (Zool.)
page(s): 736 [details]

original description (of Otolenus Goldfuss, 1820) Goldfuss, G.A. (1820). Handbuch der Zoologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Johann Leonhard Schrag. Nurnberg. 510 pp., available online at https://books.google.ca/books?id=aPN8cFZ-XhQC
page(s): 468 [details]

original description (of Stolicnus Gray, 1870) Cat. Monk. Brit. Mus.
page(s): 91 [details]

original description (of Cheirosciurus Gray, 1863) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 145 (ex Chirosciurus Gervais vernac.). [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy, 1796. [details]