Otolemur

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The list of species of Otolemur genus

The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are everyday names for three species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Otolemur in the family Galagidae.

The species are found in coastal regions of East Africa ranging from the Juba River in Somalia, through Mozambique and Tanzania down to the northern parts of South Africa and as far west as Angola. For the most part they live in woods but also in wooded grasslands and even city parks.

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The list of species of Otolemur genus

The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are everyday names for three species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Otolemur in the family Galagidae.

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Brown greater galago

Otolemur crassicaudatus

The brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus ), also known as the large-eared greater galago or thick-tailed galago, is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos. As opposed to smaller galago species it would climb, walk or run...

Northern greater galago

Otolemur garnettii

The northern greater galago (Otolemur garnettii ), also known as Garnett's greater galago, Garnett's galago, or the small-eared greater galago, is a nocturnal, arboreal primate endemic to Africa.

Silvery greater galago

Otolemur monteiri

The silvery greater galago (Otolemur monteiri ) is a nocturnal primate from the galago family. It is usually found in Brachystegia woodland, from Angola to Tanzania, western Kenya and Rwanda.The species was separated from the brown greater galago by...