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The bushbaby (genus: Galago), a tarsier-mimic

Thursday, January 10, 2019 16:50

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Figure 1. Galago skeleton. Note the elongate tarsals and large orbits, both convergent with Tarsius (Fig. 5).

The Senegal bushbaby,
Galago senegalensis (Figs. 1, 2) is a small primate in the Lemur lineage, most closely related to Perodicticus potto (Fig. 3) in the large reptile tree (LRT, 1373 taxa), despite sharing a long tail, elongate tarsals and large orbits with the tarsier, Tarsius (Fig. 5). These relationships follow traditional cladograms.

Figure 2. Galago skull in three views.

Galago senegalensis (É. Geoffroy, 1796) is the Senegal bushbaby, a small nocturnal lemur close to Lemur catta and the potto, Perodicticus. Convergent to Tarsius, the proximal tarsals are elongated. The anterior upper incisors are missing. The medial incisors are appressed to the canines.

Figure 4. Perodicticus potto, the extant potto, has a typical lemur dentition, lacking giant incisors.

Some skulls attributed to Galago
have 4 molars rather than the 3 shown here (Fig. 2).

Figure 5 Tarsius, the extant tarsier. Note the elongate calcaneum and astragalus, as in Galago.

References
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire E 1796. Mémoire sur les rapports naturels des Makis Lemur, L. et description d’une espèce nouvelle de mammifère. Magasin Encyclopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts 7: 20-50.

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Source: https://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/the-bushbaby-genus-galago-a-tarsier-mimic/

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