Squirrel galago explained

The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Sciurocheirus of the family Galagidae.^[1]

Originally a single species was described, Galago alleni, by Waterhouse (1838), and the species was placed in a separate genus, Sciurocheirus by Gray in 1863.^[2] While some listings still included them in Galago, the species was split into three taxa, alleni, cameronensis, and gabonensis by Eisentraut (1973) and Groves (1989)^[3] which were then later elevated to species status by Groves (2001) as S. alleni, S. cameronensis, and S. gabonensis and followed by Groves (2005) and Nekaris (2013).^[2] The IUCN and American Society of Mammalogists both list S. cameronensis as a subspecies of S. alleni (as listed below). In 2013, another species, S. makandensis was described.

Sources

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Notes and References

1. Masters. J.C.. Génin. F.. Couette. S.. Groves. C.P.. Nash. S.D.. Delpero. M.. Pozzi. L.. A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 181. 1. 2017. 229–241. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw028. 2318/1618044. free.
2. Book: Nekaris, Anna . Family Galagidae: Galagos . Mittermeier . Russell A. . Russell A. Mittermeier . Anthony B. . Rylands . Don E. . Wilson . Don E. Wilson . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates . Lynx Edicions . Barcelona . 2013 . 184–284 . 978-84-96553-89-7.
3. Assessment of the diversity of African primates . 2003 . Grubb . Peter . Butynski . Thomas M. . Oates . John F. . Bearder . Simon K. . Disotell . Todd R. . Groves . Colin P. . Struhsaker . Thomas T. . International Journal of Primatology . 24 . 6 . 1301–1357 . 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000005994.86792.b9 . 24110272.