Family Galagidae Mivart 1864 (galago)

Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae

Alternative spellings: Galaginae, Galagonidae

Parent taxon: Lorisoidea according to T. Harrison 2010

See also Masters et al. 2017, Nowak 1991, Pickford et al. 2006, Poux and Douzery 2004, Sanderson 1940, Seiffert et al. 2003, Seiffert et al. 2005 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxon: Lorisidae

Subtaxa: Euoticus Galago Galagoides Kombinae Otolemur Paragalago Progalago Saharagalago Sciurocheirus Wadilemur

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (4), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), Tanzania (1)

• Miocene of Egypt (1), Kenya (3), Uganda (1)

• Oligocene of Egypt (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (1)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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