Galagoides rondoensis
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | PRIMATES | GALAGIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Galagoides rondoensis | |||
| Species Authority: | Honess in Kingdon, 1997 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Galago rondoensis Honess, 1997
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Grubb et al. (2003) retained this species under the genus Galagoides, although Groves (2005) listed it under the genus Galago. | |||
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||||||||
| Assessor/s: | Perkin, A., Bearder, S., Honess, P. & Butynski, T.M. | |||||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority) | |||||||||
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Justification: This species is listed as Critically Endangered as it is known from only seven highly threatened forest patches (with an area of less than 100 km²). It is not clear whether the species may occur in the intervening areas, but the known range is under severe threat, and the existing subpopulations are highly fragmented and there is continuing decline in the area of occupancy and quality of habitat of this species due to continuing habitat loss and degradation. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is known from seven isolated forest patches: Zareninge, Pande Game Reserve, Pugu/Kazimzumbwe, Rondo, Latipo and Ziwani. It occurs at elevations of 100-900 m. The known distribution encompasses 92 km² of coastal forest. The occurrence of the species between these forest patches is unknown. |
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Native:
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population [top]
| Population: | Uncommon. A. Perkin (pers. comm.) recorded four individuals in a 0.5-heactare plot. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | This species is found in coastal dry forest and scrub in forest patches usually on east facing slopes and escarpments. It is presumed to give birth to one or two young per year. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | It is highly threatened by the logging of remaining forest fragments. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. It has been recorded from the Rondo Forest Reserve and the Litipo Forest Reserve and from Pugu Forest Reserve, Tanzania. All currently known sites of occurrence require improved management. Additional surveys in the intervening areas to determine whether the species is present or not are urgently required. |
Bibliography [top]
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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. Grubb, P., Butynski, T. M., Oates, J. F., Bearder, S. K., Disotell, T. R., Groves, C. P. and Struhsaker, T. T. 2003. Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates. International Journal of Primatology 24(6): 1301-1357. Honess, P. E. and Bearder, S. 1996. Descriptions of the dwarf galago species of Tanzania. African Primates 2(2): 75-79. |
| Citation: | Perkin, A., Bearder, S., Honess, P. & Butynski, T.M. 2008. Galagoides rondoensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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