Otolemur is a genus of strepsirrhine primates in the family Galagidae, known as the greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies. It comprises three species: the brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), the northern greater galago (Otolemur garnettii) and the silvery greater galago (Otolemur monteiri). The genus is distributed across coastal and inland regions of southern and eastern Africa, from the Juba River in Somalia south through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique and west to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Angola, occupying woodlands, forests and even planted parks and gardens. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Sources
1. Greater galago (Wikipedia)
Introduction
The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are three species of strepsirrhine primates.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
- present tense, three species of greater galagos
View the SourceWikidata: Otolemur
Wikidata Q1190066, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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