Galago moholi

A. Smith, 1836

Southern Lesser Galago

Also as Mohol Galago|Moholi Bushbaby|Moholi Galago|South African Galago|South African Lesser Galago|Moholi Bushbaby.
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Location: South Africa, Mpumalanga, Bongani Mountain LodgeDate taken: Aug 26, 2007

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2241

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lorisiformes
Family : Galagidae
Subfamily : Galaginae
Genus : Galago

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, June 23, 1834, under the Superintendence of Dr. A. Smith. Government Gazette Office, Cape Town, 68 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=lcMNAAAAQAAJ

Original name as described

Galago Moholi

Other common names

Mohol Galago · Moholi Bushbaby · Moholi Galago · South African Galago · South African Lesser Galago

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a3b5fd4-0c71-474a-b48d-a176d9a69281 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6d37c93-1eb8-4084-b8dd-33e79fc9ac38

Type locality

Botswana, banks of the Marikwa and Limpopo Rivers.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · Mozambique · South Africa · Tanzania? · Rwanda? · Burundi? · Eswatini?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001044

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 14 names and synonyms.

Galago Moholi

A. Smith, 1836

Family

Galagidae

Root name

moholi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a3b5fd4-0c71-474a-b48d-a176d9a69281 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6d37c93-1eb8-4084-b8dd-33e79fc9ac38

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

  1. Smith (1839:pl. 8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67640)
  2. Thomas (1894:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69209)
  3. Thomas (1904:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16538)
  4. Trouessart (1904:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  5. Wroughton (1907:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  6. Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  7. Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Groves (1993:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  10. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  11. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  14. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8788/206563837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galago Maholi

L. Fraser, 1843

Family

Galagidae

Root name

maholi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679963

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Mivart (1865:647, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36803)
  3. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Gray (1871:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  5. Sclater (1872:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Flower & Lydekker (1891:691, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  7. Roberts (1913:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Galago conspicillatus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Galagidae

Root name

conspicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1845-758 (= MNHN:type:144) (= MNHN "186")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1845-758

Authority page

876

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1224798

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Otolicnus Galago australis

(J. A. Wagner, 1853)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a3b5fd4-0c71-474a-b48d-a176d9a69281 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6d37c93-1eb8-4084-b8dd-33e79fc9ac38

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544265

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1853:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38201)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Otolicnus conspicillatus

(J. A. Wagner, 1853)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

conspicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544266

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wagner (1853:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38201)

Otolicnus mossambicus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1876)

Family

Galagidae

Root name

mossambicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 325 (= ZMB "An 14943"), ZMB 1242

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

473 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329850

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1876:473 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago mossambicus

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Galagidae

Root name

mossambicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602566

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Galago moholi bradfieldi

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Galagidae

Root name

bradfieldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

224

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
  2. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago senegalensis moholi

E. Schwarz, 1931

Family

Galagidae

Root name

moholi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1931:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19499)
  2. Shortridge (1934:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  3. Allen (1939:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  4. Hill & Carter (1941:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  5. Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
  6. Hayman (1963:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Galago moholi var. Intontoi

Monard, 1931

Family

Galagidae

Root name

intontoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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