MCZ Mammalogy 22453

Galagoides orinus (Lawrence and Washburn, 1936)

Holotype of Galago demidovii orinus

Date Collected:

1926-09-17

Africa: Tanzania: Morogoro | Uluguru Mts, Bagilo

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Current Identification
Galagoides orinus (Lawrence and Washburn, 1936)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Loridae
Common Name(s): Amani Dwarf Galago; Mountain Dwarf Galago; Uluguru Bushbaby; Usambara Galago
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Galagoides demidoff orinus (Lawrence and Washburn, 1936)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Loridae
Common Name(s): Amani Dwarf Galago; Mountain Dwarf Galago; Uluguru Bushbaby; Usambara Galago
Determiner: [no agent data] on 1936-01-08
Nature of ID: migration
Galago demidovii orinus Lawrence and Washburn, 1936
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Loridae
Common Name(s): Amani Dwarf Galago; Mountain Dwarf Galago; Uluguru Bushbaby; Usambara Galago
Determiner: Barbara Lawrencelinked data icon; Sherwood L. Washburn on 1936-01-08
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date is date of publication. (demidovii is a misspelling of the originally described name demidoff)
Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Loridae
Common Name(s): Ethiopia Lesser Galago; Kenya Lesser Galago; Lesser Bushbaby; Lesser Galago; Northern Lesser Galago; Senegal Bushbaby; Senegal Galago; Senegal Lesser Galago; Uganda Lesser Galago
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ ledger
Galago É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 sp.
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Loridae
Common Name(s): lesser bushbabies; lesser galagos; nagapies
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: specimen tag

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) pin holes in feet. Sample site at caudal end of ventral suture, obscured by fur (sampled twice once for CSBR and once for loan). Hole in R flank. Overall good condition in collection 1 History (4)
¬ Subsample: tissue (dry) pin holes in feet. Sample site at caudal end of ventral suture, obscured by fur (sampled twice once for CSBR and once for loan). Hole in R flank. Overall good condition on loan 1 History (3)
Remarks: venter along suture, at existing CSBR sampling site; 3 mg
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-09   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
age class adult [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07
ear from notch 25 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from skin tag
hind foot with claw 40 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from skin tag
tail length 170 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: transcribed on skin tag in error as 70mm
total length 295 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: obtained by addition of head&body (125) and tail measurements
unformatted measurements length of lower cheek teeth= 11.5 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements hind foot (dried skin)= 47.7 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements width outside molars= 12.3 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements ratio of total length [of skull] to length of upper cheek teeth= .35 [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements greatest length of skull= 39.2 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements basal length of skull= 27.4 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements width of upper m2= 3.0 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements ratio of total length [of skull] to width of braincase (broken)= .497 [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements palatal length of skull= 14.0 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements length of upper cheek teeth= 13.7 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements mastoid width of skull= 18.9 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements greatest width across swelling over roots of canines= 6.0 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements width of braincase (broken)= [19.5] mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements ratio of length of upper cheek teeth to width outside molars= .898 [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description
unformatted measurements head&body length= 125 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from skin tag
unformatted measurements width of upper m3= 2.5 mm [no agent data]
Remarks: migrated from type description

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  • HOLOTYPE. Type of G. demidovii orinus

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Morogoro
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001711 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Uluguru Mts, Bagilo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tanganyika Terr., Uluguru Mts., Bagilo
  • Elevation:
  • 5000 ft
  • Verbatim Elevation:
  • 5000 ft
  • Georeference:
  • -6.9111540°, 37.7466270° (Error radius: 2807m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2019-01-23 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1926-09-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 17 Sep 1926
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • elevation migrated from type description
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 22451; 22452; 22453; 22454; 22455; 22456; 22457; 22458; 22459; 22460; 22461; 22462; 22463; 22464; 22465; 22466; 22467; 22468; 22469; 22470; 22471; 22472; 22473; 22474; 22475 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 021926-027875, pg.22;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:22451 Galago senegalensis zanzibaricus...

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