Rondo dwarf galago

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Rondo bushbaby[1]
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Galago
Species: G. rondoensis
Binomial name
Galago rondoensis
Honess, 1997
Rondo bushbaby range

The rondo bushbaby (Galago rondoensis) is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It weighs less than 100 grams and is nocturnal.[3] It is endemic to Tanzania where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Its lives in an area reported in 2012 to be less than 100 square kilometres[3] and is threatened by habitat loss due to logging.[2] It is listed as one of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates."[4] It is distinct from other dwarf galagos in its bottle-brush-shaped tail, its reproductive anatomy, and its distinctive “double unit rolling call”[4] The "double unit rolling call" is composed of two soft units. The first unit is made at a higher pitch than the second and uttered in a series up to six times at a regular tempo to form a phrase.[5] In 2010, it was also added to the Zoological Society of London's list of genetically distinct and endangered mammals. [6]

References

  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. 118. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Perkin, A., Bearder, S., Honess, P. & Butynski, T. M. (2008). Galagoides rondoensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Taylor, Anna-Louise (25 January 2012) Strange endangered primates you may have never heard of - Rondo dwarf galago (Galago rondoensis) BBC News Nature features, Retrieved 13 September 2012
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mittermeier, R.A.; Wallis, J.; Rylands, A.B.; Ganzhorn, J.U.; Oates, J.F.; Williamson, E.A.; Palacios, E.; Heymann, E.W.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Long Yongcheng; Supriatna, J.; Roos, C.; Walker, S.; Cortés-Ortiz, L.; Schwitzer, C., eds. (2009). Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010 (PDF). Illustrated by S.D. Nash. Arlington, VA.: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI). pp. 1–92. ISBN 978-1-934151-34-1. 
  5. ↑ Perkin, Andrew; Bearder, Simon; Butynski, Thomas M.; Agwanda, Bernard; Bytebier, Benny (1 January 2002). "The Taita Mountain Dwarf Galago Galagoides Sp: A New Primate for Kenya". Journal of East African Natural History 91 (1): 1–13. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2002)91[1:TTMDGG]2.0.CO;2. 
  6. ↑ "`Asian Unicorn' And Scaly Anteater In Peril." Australian, The (2010): 18. Newspaper Source. Web. 18 Apr. 2013.

External links

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