Galago orinus

Lawrence and Washburn, 1936

Uluguru Bushbaby

Type Description:

Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8:259

Type Locality:

Tanzania, Uluguru Mtns, Bagilo.

Measurements:

Total length: 313-337 mm

Head and body: 125-155 mm

Tail length: 150-215 mm

Hindfoot length: 50-55 mm

Ear length: 20-22 mm

Weight: 95-120 g

Distribution:

Galago orinus occurs in the high altitude forests of the Uluguru and Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)

Figure 1.

Key Reference:

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:311-313.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 106-107.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:493.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.