Otolemur crassicaudatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Thick-tailed Greater Galago

Otolemur crassicaudatus argentatus. Front view of hand-held animal. Also as Brown Greater Galago|Garnett's Greater Galago|Greater Bushbaby|Greater Galago|Large-eared Greater Galago|Thick-tailed Bushbaby.
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Location:Kenya, Kiambu county (former Central province) Tigoni, Institute of Primate ResearchDate taken:Jan 1, 1978

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 534

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lorisiformes
Family : Galagidae
Subfamily : Galaginae
Genus : Otolemur

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1812. Suite au Tableau des Quadrumanes. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:154-170.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499364

Original name as described

Galago crassicaudatus

Other common names

Brown Greater Galago · Garnett's Greater Galago · Greater Bushbaby · Greater Galago · Large-eared Greater Galago · Thick-tailed Bushbaby · Miombo Silver Galago · Northern Silver Galago · South African Thick-tailed Galago · Tanganyika Thick-Tailed Galago

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.3.6

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1548 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c001856-364a-4d5f-9ce0-036546bcd1ef https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/843a9565-6c20-4909-8195-478a706547db

Type locality

South Africa, Natal, Ngoye Forest, 15 km east of Eshowe, 28° 52' S, 31° 37' E.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Burundi · Rwanda · Kenya · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Angola · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

includes monteiri

Taxonomy notes citation

Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Lynx, Barcelona, 952 pp. a#59513

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001049

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 35 names and synonyms.

Galago crassicaudatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.3.6

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1548 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c001856-364a-4d5f-9ce0-036546bcd1ef https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/843a9565-6c20-4909-8195-478a706547db

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499364

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Mivart (1865:645, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36803)
  6. Milne-Edwards (1871:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69142)
  7. Schlegel (1876:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  8. Flower & Lydekker (1891:690, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  9. Matschie (1895:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  10. Trouessart (1904:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  11. Wroughton (1907:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  12. Dollman (1910:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10071)
  13. Elliot (1913:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  14. Schwarz (1931:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19499)
  15. Allen (1939:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  16. Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
  17. Hayman (1963:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Otolicnus crassicaudatus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528904

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Schinz (1825:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Smith (1842:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Peters (1852:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  5. Wagner (1853:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38201)
  6. Peters (1867:885, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17189)
  7. Pagenstecher (1885:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)

Callotus monteiri

(Bartlett in J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

monteiri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9160a73b-8562-4a2b-96da-95470de78f3e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da847e87-95d5-49dc-9f75-4a7954376744

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681465

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Otogale crassicaudata

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681460

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1871:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Otogale crassicaudata var. kirkii

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

kirkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1864.6.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78ac86c4-09b1-4a6d-b46c-34dc6d953a17 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e8f3c45d-72dd-432c-931d-2f7722ef3517

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500781

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Galago (Otolemur) monteiri

(Mivart, 1865)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

monteiri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

646

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500989

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Mivart (1865:646, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36803)
  2. Sclater (1872:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  3. Bocage (1882:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16211308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68546)
  4. Bocage (1889:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  5. Elliot (1913:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Otogale Monteiri

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

monteiri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994597

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Galago crassicaudata

(P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037789

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sclater (1872:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Otolienus crassicaudatus

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876404

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Otogale crassicaudatus

(A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

crassicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187539

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Rochebrune (1883:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

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