Northern Greater Galago

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Northern Greater Galago[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lorisiformes
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Otolemur
Species: O. garnettii
Binomial name
Otolemur garnettii
(Ogilby, 1838)

The Northern Greater Galago (Otolemur garnettii), also known as Garnett's Greater Galago, is a prosimian primate endemic to Africa.

A low-coverage genomic sequence of the Northern Greater Galago, is in progress. As a 'primitive' primate, the sequence will be particularly useful in bridging the sequences of higher primates (macaque, chimp, human) to close non-primates such as rodents. The 2x planned coverage will not be sufficient to create a full genome assembly, but will provide comparative data across most of the human assembly.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 126. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Otolemur garnettii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
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