A new galago species for South Africa (Primates: Strepsirhini: Galagidae)
| Autor: | Stephen D. Nash, Nokuthula Kom, Fabien Génin, Judith C. Masters, Sébastien Couette, Ayabulela Yokwana, Thibault Dieuleveut |
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| Přispěvatelé: | African Primate Initiative for Ecology and Speciation (APIES), University of Fort Hare, Laboratoire Paléobiodiversité et Evolution (PALEVO), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] [Dijon] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation, Project funded by National Research Foundation grants 93924, 92541 and 90772, grant number GB-TAP 4120 awarded by the Synthesys Program, and an ABIC grant awarded by the Royal Museum for Central Africa through a Framework Agreement with the Belgian Development Co-operation., African Primate Initiative for Ecology and Speciation ( APIES ), Laboratoire Paléobiodiversité et Evolution ( PALEVO ), École pratique des hautes études ( EPHE ), Biogéosciences [Dijon] ( BGS ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Range (biology) Fauna Greater galago Galago [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences biology.animal Tshanini 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Primate 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology sand forest [ SDV.BID ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity biology Ecology 05 social sciences Strepsirhini dwarf galagos Galagoides sand forest Tembe Tshanini 15. Life on land Tembe biology.organism_classification Otolemur crassicaudatus Geography Taxon Animal Science and Zoology Galagoides dwarf galagos |
| Zdroj: | African Zoology African Zoology, 2016, 51 (3), pp.135-143. ⟨10.1080/15627020.2016.1232602⟩ African Zoology, 2016, 51 (3), pp.135-143. 〈http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1080/15627020.2016.1232602〉. 〈10.1080/15627020.2016.1232602〉 African Zoology; Vol 51, No 3-4 (2016); 135-143 |
| ISSN: | 2224-073X 1562-7020 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15627020.2016.1232602⟩ |
| Popis: | The primate fauna of South Africa has historically been viewed as comprising three diurnal cercopithecoid taxa – chacma baboons (Papio ursinus), vervet (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) and samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis) – and two nocturnal lorisoid species – the thick-tailed greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) and the southern lesser galago (Galago moholi). Here we report the positive identification of a third galago species within South Africa’s borders: the Mozambique dwarf galago or Grant’s galago, Galagoides granti (Thomas and Wroughton, 1907). The taxon was previously held to be restricted to Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania, but we have also observed it in the sand forest of Tembe Elephant Park and the Tshanini Community Reserve, near the Mozambique border. The species was formerly mistaken for Galago moholi, erroneously (we believe) extending the range of the latter species into northern KwaZulu-Natal. In South Africa the two small galagos are unlikely to have overlapping ranges: Galago moholi prefers dry savanna woodlands, whereas Galagoides granti is apparently confined to dry sand forest. However, both species may coexist with the larger and more widespread Otolemur crassicaudatus, an inhabitant of moist savanna, forest edge and thicket. The true South African ranges of both small galago species need to be ascertained.Keywords: dwarf galagos, Galagoides, sand forest, Tembe, Tshanini |
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