Sciurocheirus alleni ssp. cameronensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	GALAGIDAE

Scientific Name:	Sciurocheirus alleni ssp. cameronensis
Infra-specific Authority:	(Peters, 1876)
Common Name/s: English – Cross River Allen's Galago
Taxonomic Notes:	Groves (2001, 2005) treats this as a distinct species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Oates, J.F. & Bearder, S.
Reviewer/s:	Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Justification: This subspecies has a relatively restricted range on the mainland, but does relatively well in secondary forest. It is not actively hunted, remains locally common in appropriate forested habitats, and there is no evidence of a significant decline that would warrant listing in a higher category of threat.

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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Terrestrial

Bibliography [top]

Groves, C. P. 2001. Primate taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA. Groves, C. P. 2005. Order Primates. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 111-184. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.