Galago

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lorisoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Grandordo: Euarchonta
Mirordo: Primatomorpha
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamilia: Lorisoidea

Familia: Galagidae
Genus: Galago
Species (4 + †1): G. gallarum G. matschiei G. moholi G. senegalensis – †G. farafraensis

Name

Galago É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796: 49 [conserved name]

  • Type species: Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796, by monotypy.
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 122 (1931: 33) and Direction 24 (1955: 223).

Synonyms

  • Chirosciurus Grevais, 1836
  • Hemigalago Dahlbom, 1857
  • Macropus Fischer, 1811 [not of Shaw, 1790]
  • Otolicnus Illiger, 1811

References

Primary references

  • Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire, É.] 1796. Mémoire sur les rapports naturels des Makis Lemur, L. et Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Mammifère. Magasin Encyclopédique 1: 20–50. BnF Gallica Reference page. 
  • International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1931. Opinion 122. Seven Generic Names in Primates Adopted in the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(7): 33. BHL Reference page. 
  • International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: komba
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