Biology:Malawi bushbaby

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Short description: Species of primate

Malawi bushbaby[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Paragalago
Species:
P. nyasae
Binomial name
Paragalago nyasae
Elliot, 1907
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Malawi bushbaby range

The Malawi bushbaby (Paragalago nyasae[2]) is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It lives in southern Malawi and the neighboring region in Mozambique.[1] The IUCN considers it to be part of the species Paragalago granti, Grant's bushbaby.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 125. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100141. 
  2. Masters, J.C.; Génin, F.; Couette, S.; Groves, C.P.; Nash, S.D.; Delpero, M.; Pozzi, L. (2017). "A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181 (1): 229–241. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw028. 
  3. de Jong, Y.A.; Butynski, T.M.; Perkin, A. (2019). "Paragalago granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T91970347A17962454. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/91970347/17962454. Retrieved 16 March 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q729154 entry