Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby

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Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Euoticus
Species: E. elegantulus
Binomial name
Euoticus elegantulus
(Le Conte, 1857)

The Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby (Euoticus elegantulus) is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, possibly Angola, and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

[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, 123. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Primate Specialist Group (1996). Euoticus elegantulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.


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