Gabon bushbaby
| Gabon bushbaby[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Galagidae |
| Genus: | Sciurocheirus |
| Species: | S. gabonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sciurocheirus gabonensis Gray, 1863 | |
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| Gabon bushbaby range | |
The Gabon bushbaby (Sciurocheirus gabonensis) is a species of primate in the family Galagidae found in Cameroon, Gabon, and the Congo Republic.[1] Its head and body length is 8.5 in with a 10-in tail, and it weighs about 10 oz. It lives in evergreen tropical rainforests and eats primarily fallen fruit, but also some arthropods. It was originally included within the species Sciurocheirus alleni, but that species is now restricted to the population on Bioko Island.[3]
References
- 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.
- ↑ 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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