Cross River bushbaby

Cross River bushbaby[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Sciurocheirus
Species: S. cameronensis
Binomial name
Sciurocheirus cameronensis
(Peters, 1876)

The Cross River bushbaby (Sciurocheirus cameronensis) is a species of primate in the family Galagidae found in northwestern Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria.[1] Its head and body length is 7 in with a 10-in tail.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 124. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. Oates, J. F. & Bearder, S. (2008). Sciurocheirus alleni ssp. cameronensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  3. "Answers.com Animal Encyclopedia Northern Greater Bushbaby".


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