| 词条 | Greater galago |
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| name = Greater galagos[1] | image = Greater Bush Baby.jpg | image_caption = Brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) | taxon = Otolemur | authority = Coquerel, 1859 | type_species = Otolemur agyisymbanus | type_species_authority = Coquerel, 1859 ( = Otolicnus garnetti Ogilby, 1838) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Otolemur crassicaudatus Otolemur monteiri Otolemur garnettii }} The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are everyday names for three species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Otolemur in the family Galagidae.
Historical classification and species discoveryThe diversity of galago species has historically been grossly underestimated. In 1931, only 5 species were recognized, 4 in the genus Galago and 1 in Euoticus, and only one species that would later be placed in the genus Otolemur.[2] In 1979, the genus Otolemur was separated from Galago.[3] By 1986, eleven species were recognized with revamped systemic classification including Otolemur crassicaudatus and Otolemur garnettii.[4] Additionally, O. crassidautus and O. monteiri were recognized as separate species instead of O. monteiri as a nested subspecies.[4] By 2001, 23 species were recognized. Classification by vocalization has particularly become prevalent and helpful as a tool in understanding of these species. All Otolemur species exhibit trailing advertising calls.[2] Distribution and habitatThe species is found in coastal regions of East Africa ranging from the Juba River in Somalia, through Mozambique and Tanzania down to the northern parts of South Africa and as far west as Angola. For the most part they live in woods but also in wooded grasslands and even city parks. References1. ^{{MSW3 Groves|pages=126-127|id=12100151|heading=Genus Otolemur}} 2. ^1 {{cite journal|last=Grubb|first=Peter|author2=Butynski TM |author3=Oates JF |author4=Bearder SK |author5=Disotell TR |author6=Groves CP |author7=Struhsaker TT |title=Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates|journal=Internal Journal of Primatology|date=December 2003|volume=24|issue=6|pages=1301–1357}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Olson|first=T. R.|title=Studies on Aspects of the Morphology and Systematics of the Genus Otolemur|year=1979|publisher=Phd thesis, University of London|location=London}} 4. ^1 {{cite journal|last=Olson|first=T. R.|title=Species Diversity and Zoogeography in the Galagidae|journal=Primate Rep|year=1986|volume=214|page=213}} External links{{Commons category|Otolemur}}{{Wikispecies|Otolemur|Greater galago}}
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