Zanzibar bushbaby

Zanzibar bushbaby[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Strepsirrhini
Family:Galagidae
Genus:Galagoides
Species: G. zanzibaricus
Binomial name
Galagoides zanzibaricus
(Matschie, 1893)[2]
Zanzibar bushbaby range

The Zanzibar bushbaby, Matundu dwarf galago, Udzungwa bushbaby, or Zanzibar galago (Galagoides zanzibaricus) is a primate of the family Galagidae. An adult typically weighs 150 grams (5.3 oz), its head-body length is 14 to 15 centimetres (5.5 to 5.9 in) and its tail is between 12 and 15 centimetres (4.7 and 5.9 in) long. Like other species of galagos, its diet consists mainly of fruit, insects, and tree gums.[3]

It is the most widespread and abundant bushbaby in the coastal forests of Tanzania. It is thought to prefer the mid to high canopy of tropical coastal forest, submontane and lowland tropical forest. It has one or two young per year.[2]

There are two subspecies of this bushbaby:

  • Galagoides zanzibaricus zanzibaricus, from Zanzibar
  • Galagoides zanzibaricus udzungwensis, from mainland Tanzania

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. p. 126. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 3 Butynski, T. M. M.; De Jong, Y.; Perkin, A.; Bearder, S. & Honess, P. (2008). "Galagoides zanzibaricus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T8790A12933037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T8790A12933037.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Zanzibar galago". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
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