Galagidae is a family of small nocturnal primates commonly known as galagos or bush babies, native to continental sub-Saharan Africa. The family is organized into six genera, among them Euoticus, Galago, Galagoides, Otolemur, Paragalago and Sciurocheirus, distributed across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Galagidae (Wikipedia)
Source Bioko Allen's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Brown greater galago (Wikipedia)
Source Cross River bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Dusky bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Gabon bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Source Grant's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Kenya coast galago (Wikipedia)
Source Komba (mammal) (Wikipedia)
Source Komba (mammal) (Wikipedia)
Source Komba (mammal) (Wikipedia)
Source Komba (mammal) (Wikipedia)
Source Laetolia (Wikipedia)
Source Galagidae (Wikipedia)
Source Mohol bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Galagidae (Wikipedia)
Source Northern needle-clawed bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Source Pliogalago (Wikipedia)
Source Prince Demidoff's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Source Rondo dwarf galago (Wikipedia)
Source Saharagalago (Wikipedia)
Source Senegal bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Silvery greater galago (Wikipedia)
Source Somali bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Southern needle-clawed bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Thomas's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source Uluguru bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Source List of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Source Zanzibar bushbaby (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ185239, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Galago
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source 3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Galagidae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 19
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Galagidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Galagidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 37.71 ... "early_interval": "Priabonian"
Wikidata: Galagidae
Wikidata Q185239, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Southern needle-clawed bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Southern needle-clawed bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Southern needle-clawed bushbaby, Lead
is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Galagidae
Northern needle-clawed bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Northern needle-clawed bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Northern needle-clawed bushbaby, Lead
is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Galagidae
Somali bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Somali bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Somali bushbaby, Lead
is a species of nocturnal, arboreal primate in the family Galagidae
Dusky bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Dusky bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Dusky bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Mohol bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Mohol bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Mohol bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Senegal bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Senegal bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Senegal bushbaby, Lead
is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae
Prince Demidoff's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Thomas's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Thomas's bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Thomas's bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Brown greater galago (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Brown greater galago, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Brown greater galago, Lead
is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos
Kenya coast galago (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Kenya coast galago, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Kenya coast galago, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Grant's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Grant's bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Grant's bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Uluguru bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Uluguru bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Uluguru bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Rondo dwarf galago (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Rondo dwarf galago, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Rondo dwarf galago, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Zanzibar bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Zanzibar bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Zanzibar bushbaby, Lead
is a primate of the family Galagidae
Bioko Allen's bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Bioko Allen's bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Bioko Allen's bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the galago family
Gabon bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Gabon bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Gabon bushbaby, Lead
is a species of primate in the family Galagidae
Galagidae (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Angolan dwarf galago, Taxonomic classification and phylogeny
Angolan dwarf galago, Gs. kumbirensis
Parent Taxon Of: Northern greater galago, Taxonomic classification and phylogeny
Northern greater galago, O. garnettii
Parent Taxon Of: Makandé squirrel galago, Taxonomic classification and phylogeny
Makandé squirrel galago, S. makandensis
View the SourceSilvery greater galago (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Silvery greater galago, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Silvery greater galago, Lead
is a nocturnal primate from the galago family
Cross River bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Cross River bushbaby, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Cross River bushbaby, Lead
is a subspecies of prosimian primate in the family Galagidae
Laetolia (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Laetolia sadimanensis, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Laetolia sadimanensis, Lead
is an extinct genus of galagid primates
Pliogalago (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Pliogalago makahmera, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Pliogalago makahmera, Lead
is an extinct monotypic genus of galagid primate
Saharagalago (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Saharagalago misrensis, EtymologyQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Saharagalago misrensis, Etymology
the status of the genus as a member of the galagid family
Komba (mammal) (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Komba robustus, Lead
Komba is an extinct genus of galagos
Parent Taxon Of: Komba minor, Lead
Komba is an extinct genus of galagos
Parent Taxon Of: Komba walkeri, Lead
Komba is an extinct genus of galagos
Parent Taxon Of: Komba winamensis, Lead
Komba is an extinct genus of galagos
View the SourceList of fossil primates (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Wadilemur elegans, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Wadilemur elegans Simons, 1997
Parent Taxon Of: Galago farafraensis, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Galago farafraensis Pickford, Wanas & Soliman, 2006
Parent Taxon Of: Progalago dorae, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Progalago dorae MacInnes, 1943
Parent Taxon Of: Otolemur howelli, Strepsirrhini, Galagidae
Galago howelli Wesselman, 1984
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