Needle-clawed bushbaby

Needle-clawed bushbabies[1]
E. pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Galagidae
Genus:	Euoticus Gray, 1863
Type species
Otogale pallida Gray, 1863
Species
Euoticus elegantulus Euoticus pallidus

The needle-clawed bushbabies are the two species in the genus Euoticus, which is in the family Galagidae. Galagidae is sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae (or Loridae).

• Genus Euoticus
  • Southern needle-clawed bushbaby, Euoticus elegantulus
  • Northern needle-clawed bushbaby, Euoticus pallidus
    • Euoticus pallidus pallidus
    • Euoticus pallidus talboti

Unique to the needle-clawed bushbaby are the keeled nails, featuring prominent central ridges ending in needle-like points, present on all digits except the thumbs, the big toes, and the second foot phalanges which have claws.^[2]

The first sample of Euoticus elegantulus to arrive in Europe from Africa was brought by Gerald Durrell. The uncovering of this bush baby is documented in his 1957 book A Zoo in My Luggage.^[3]

References

1. 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. pp. 123–124. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
2. Ankel-Simons, Friderun (2000). "Hands and Feet". Primate anatomy: an introduction. Academic Press. p. 308. ISBN 0-12-058670-3.
3. Durrell, Gerald (1957). "The bald-headed birds". A Zoo in My Luggage. Penguin. p. 62. ISBN 0140020845.

External links

• Primate Info Net Euoticus Factsheets