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Rondo dwarf galago
| Rondo dwarf galago[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Galagidae |
| Genus: | Paragalago |
| Species: | P. rondoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Paragalago rondoensis Honess, 1997
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| Synonyms | |
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Galago rondoensis Honess in Kingdon, 1997 | |
The Rondo dwarf galago (Paragalago rondoensis[3]) or Rondo bushbaby[2] is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. The dwarf galagos are the smallest members of the genus Galagoides.[4] It weighs less than 100 grams, making it the smallest known galago.[5] It is endemic to Tanzania where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It lives in an area reported in 2012 to be less than 100 square kilometers[5] and is threatened by habitat loss due to logging.[2] While it was discovered in the 1950s, the Rondo dwarf galago was deemed data deficient until 1996. In 1996, the Rondo dwarf galago was fully described as a species.[2] It is now listed as one of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates."[6]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c d Perkin, A. (2020). "Paragalago rondoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T40652A17962115. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T40652A17962115.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Masters, J.C.; Génin, F.; Couette, S.; Groves, C.P.; Nash, S.D.; Delpero, M.; Pozzi, L. (2017). "A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 229–241. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw028. hdl:2318/1618044.
- ^ Wild, Gabby; Gwegime, Justine (3 November 2015). "Rondo dwarf galago". EDGE of Existence. The Zoological Society of London. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
- ^ a b Taylor, Anna-Louise (25 January 2012). "Strange endangered primates you may have never heard of - Rondo dwarf galago (Galago rondoensis)". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ Mittermeier, R.A.; Wallis, J.; Rylands, A.B.; Ganzhorn, J.U.; Oates, J.F.; Williamson, E.A.; Palacios, E.; Heymann, E.W.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Long Yongcheng; Supriatna, J.; Roos, C.; Walker, S.; Cortés-Ortiz, L.; Schwitzer, C., eds. (2009). Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010 (PDF). Illustrated by S.D. Nash. Arlington, VA.: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI). pp. 1–92. ISBN 978-1-934151-34-1.
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