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Taxon: Genus Galago Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 - galagos, bush babies (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796
Original name:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1796:49.
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Types

Type of: Galagidae (Family) Gray, 1825, orth. cons. Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxiv. [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Galago (Subgenus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxiv. [inferred]

Variants

Former rank: Galago (Subgenus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 415). [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Euoticus (Genus) Gray, 1863 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Galagoides (Genus) Smith, 1833 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Otolemur (Genus) Coquerel, 1859 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including: Galagoides (Genus) Smith, 1833 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 124.
Including: Hemigalago (Genus) Dahlbom, 1857 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 124.
Including: Otolemur (Genus) Coquerel, 1859 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: galagos, bush babies
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