Gabon bushbaby
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| Gabon bushbaby[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Galagidae |
| Genus: | Galago |
| Species: | G. gabonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Galago gabonensis Gray, 1863 | |
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| Gabon bushbaby range | |
The Gabon bushbaby (Galago gabonensis) is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It lives in Camaroon, Gabon and the Congo Republic.[1] Its head and body length is 8.5 inches with a 10 inch tail, and it weighs about 10 ounces. It lives in evergreen tropical rainforests and eats primarily fallen fruit, but also some arthropods. It was originally included within the species Galago alleni, but that species is now restricted to the population on Bioko Island.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 124. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Hoffmann, M. (2008). Sciurocheirus gabonensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ↑ "Answers.com Animal Encyclopedia Gabon Allen's bushbaby".
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