The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Prosimians

Malawi Bushbaby (Galagoides nyasae)

The range of this species is restricted to southern Malawi and the immediately-surrounding portions of Mozambique.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Uluguru Bushbaby (Galagoides orinus)

The range of this species comprises a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Rondo Bushbaby (Galagoides rondoensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a small handful of disjunct populations throughout eastern Tanzania.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby (Galagoides demidovii)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west, into the southern regions of West Africa and throughout Central Africa, to as far east as the western shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, and as far south as the southern Congo Basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur

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Thomas's Bushbaby (Galagoides thomasi)

The range of this species extends throughout southern West Africa and Central Africa, from southern Senegal in the west to southwest Rwanda in the east, and as far south as northern Angola and Zambia.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Kenya Coast Galago (Galagoides cocos)

The range of this species extends patchily across the coastal regions of Kenya, extending into northeastern Tanzania.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)

The range of this species extends across much of southern and eastern Africa, from Angola in the west to southern Kenya in the east, and south to northeast South Africa and Mozambique.

Two subspecies are recognised:

O. c. crassicaudatus
O. c. kirkii

Photo by @Elephas Maximus

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Silvery Greater Galago (Otolemur monteiri)

The range of this species extends across central Africa from Angola in the west to western Kenya and Rwanda in the east.

Two subspecies recognised:

O. m. monteiri
O. m. argentatus

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Northern Greater Galago (Otolemur garnettii)

The range of this species extends from southern Somalia, southwards along the East African coast to the Ruvuma River of Tanzania, and inland from here to the Kenya highlands.

Four subspecies recognised:

O. g. garnettii - photo by @Moebelle

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O. g. lasiotis - photo by @lintworm

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O. g. kikuyuensis
O. g. panganiensis - photo by @Jana

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Bioko Allen's Bushbaby (Sciurocheirus alleni)

The range of this species is restricted to Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Cross River Bushbaby (Sciurocheirus cameronensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a narrow strip of land extending from the Niger River in south-eastern Nigeria to the lower Sanaga River in Cameroon.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Gabon Bushbaby (Sciurocheirus gabonensis)

The range of this species extends throughout western Central Africa, from the Sanaga River in Cameroon, through the Congo Republic and Equatorial Guinea, to the Ogooué River in Gabon.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
Makandé Squirrel Galago (Sciurocheirus makandensis)

The range of this species is restricted to the Ogooué-Lolo province of central Gabon.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
 
And with that, I have completed my coverage of prosimian taxonomy :) which will hopefully provide an incentive for more photographs - both of unrepresented taxa and those already found within the gallery - to be uploaded over the coming weeks and months.

Hence, as usual a list of the taxa remaining unrepresented in the gallery shall follow:

Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus elegantulus
Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus pallidus
Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum
Dusky Bushbaby Galago matschiei
Angolan Dwarf Galago Galagoides kumbirensis
Zanzibar Bushbaby Galagoides zanzibaricus
Grant's Bushbaby Galagoides granti
Malawi Bushbaby Galagoides nyasae
Uluguru Bushbaby Galagoides orinus
Rondo Bushbaby Galagoides rondoensis
Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi
Kenya Coast Galago Galagoides cocos
Silvery Greater Galago Otolemur monteiri
Bioko Allen's Bushbaby Sciurocheirus alleni
Cross River Bushbaby Sciurocheirus cameronensis
Gabon Bushbaby Sciurocheirus gabonensis
Makandé Squirrel Galago Sciurocheirus makandensis

Of these, I suspect the likeliest to be uploaded to the gallery will be the Silvery Greater Galago, which was held in a captive European collection most recently - although of course we wouldn't turn our noses up at anything else :p

However, I think we can probably assume that no one got a photograph of the Rongo Bushbaby which was held at ZSL London for a handful of weeks in the 1990's until it escaped, never to be seen again.....
 
TeaLovingDave said:
And with that, I have completed my coverage of prosimian taxonomy :) which will hopefully provide an incentive for more photographs - both of unrepresented taxa and those already found within the gallery - to be uploaded over the coming weeks and months.

Hence, as usual a list of the taxa remaining unrepresented in the gallery shall follow:

Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus elegantulus
Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus pallidus
Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum
Dusky Bushbaby Galago matschiei
Angolan Dwarf Galago Galagoides kumbirensis
Zanzibar Bushbaby Galagoides zanzibaricus
Grant's Bushbaby Galagoides granti
Malawi Bushbaby Galagoides nyasae
Uluguru Bushbaby Galagoides orinus
Rondo Bushbaby Galagoides rondoensis
Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi
Kenya Coast Galago Galagoides cocos
Silvery Greater Galago Otolemur monteiri
Bioko Allen's Bushbaby Sciurocheirus alleni
Cross River Bushbaby Sciurocheirus cameronensis
Gabon Bushbaby Sciurocheirus gabonensis
Makandé Squirrel Galago Sciurocheirus makandensis

Of these, I suspect the likeliest to be uploaded to the gallery will be the Silvery Greater Galago, which was held in a captive European collection most recently - although of course we wouldn't turn our noses up at anything else :p

However, I think we can probably assume that no one got a photograph of the Rongo Bushbaby which was held at ZSL London for a handful of weeks in the 1990's until it escaped, never to be seen again.....
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There is a picture of a Galagoides orinus in the gallery under the name Mountain dwarf galago ;)
 
Just a note to say I have uploaded a photograph of Goodman's Mouse Lemur and attached it to the relevant point of this thread :)
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Golden-crowned Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli)

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.
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Unfortunately Cyclone Enawo wiped out the road or we would have had a couple of pictures in the gallery. This is on my shortlist for when I head back. Same for the Silky Sifaka. The closest I got was an alarm call and a rustling in the leaves.
 
There's always next time :) don't suppose you got any carnivore photographs whilst in Madagascar which could fill gaps in that thread?
 
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