The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of
strepsirrhine primate
Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...
s. They are classified in the genus ''Sciurocheirus'' of the family
Galagidae.
Originally a single species was described, ''Galago alleni'', by
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(1838), and the species was placed in a separate genus, ''
Sciurocheirus
The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus ''Sciurocheirus'' of the family Galagidae.
Originally a single species was described, ''Galago alleni'', by Waterhouse (1838), and the ...
'' by
Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
in 1863.
While some listings still included them in ''Galago'',
[ the species was split into three taxa, ''alleni'', ''cameronensis'', and ''gabonensis'' by Eisentraut (1973) and Groves (1989)][
* Genus ''Sciurocheirus''
** ]Bioko Allen's bushbaby
Bioko Allen's bushbaby (''Sciurocheirus alleni''), also known as the Bioko squirrel galago, is a species of primate in the galago family found in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The bushbaby ...
, ''S. alleni''
** Cross River bushbaby
The Cross River bushbaby, also known as the Cross River squirrel galago, (''Sciurocheirus cameronensis'') is a species of prosimian primate in the family Galagidae which is endemic to a restricted area of West Africa. It is one of four species of ...
, ''S. cameronensis''
** Gabon bushbaby
The Gabon bushbaby (''Sciurocheirus gabonensis'') is a species of primate in the family Galagidae found in Cameroon, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Its head and body length is 8.5 in with a 10-in tail, and it weighs about 10 oz. It lives ...
, ''S. gabonensis''
** Makandé squirrel galago
''Sciurocheirus makandensis'' (Makandé squirrel galago) is a species of squirrel galago native to Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central ...
, ''S. makandensis''
References
Galagos
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Taxa described in 1872
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