Galagoides thomasi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	GALAGIDAE

Scientific Name:

Galagoides thomasi

Species Authority:

(Elliot, 1907)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Thomas's Dwarf Galago, Thomas's Bushbaby

Synonym/s:

Galago thomasi Elliot, 1907

Galago thomasi

Taxonomic Notes:

Groves (2005) noted that museum specimens of this species are available only from western Uganda and Kivu district of DR. Congo, but that vocalizations ascribed to this species are recorded from all over the same range as G. demidovii. Groves (2005) retained use of the genus Galago for this species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Bearder, S.

Evaluator/s:

Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern as the species is widespread and relatively common, and there are no major threats believed to be resulting in a major range-wide decline.

History:

2000	–	Lower Risk/least concern
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN)
1990	–	Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Insufficiently Known
1988	–	Insufficiently Known

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in West and Central Africa. Animals currently assigned to this species have been recorded from Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Zambia. The species may also occur in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Central African Republic, Togo, Senegal, Burundi and Rwanda and southern Sudan. There are possible records of this species from Mount Marsabit, Kenya, but this remains to be confirmed. Grubb et al. (2003) indicate the following areas and localities from which animals currently identified as this species have been reported: Côte d'Ivoire (Tai National Park); Nigeria (Mambilla Plateau in the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve); Cameroon (Ebom; Dja Reserve; Lobeké Reserve; Korup; Mount Kupe; Mount Cameroon; Mount Oku); Equatorial Guinea (Moreca on Bioko Island); Gabon (Makokou; Makandé; Franceville; Gamba); Angola (Loanda (= Luanda) highlands); Democratic Republic of the Congo (localities north of the Congo River; along, and to the south of the Aruwimi River; the Itombwe Massif; the Ubangi-Uele River Basin; Bili; and the region between Dilolo and Kolwezi); Uganda (west of the Victoria Nile; Kibale and Bwindi Forests; Semliki Forest; Mabiru Forest Reserve). Its presence has recently been confirmed in northern Tanzania (S. Bearder pers. comm.), though these are not mapped.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia Presence uncertain: Burundi; Central African Republic; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Rwanda; Sudan; Togo
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	This is a common, widespread and adaptable species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is found in all strata in savanna and open woodland areas (e.g. Miombo), and at the margins of montane forest. This species avoids areas of grassland. They have been found in forests where no other galagos are present. They build nests in thorn trees or nest in tree holes. Group size is 1-5, though they forage separately at night. This species is presumed to give birth to between one and two young annually.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is found in all strata in savanna and open woodland areas (e.g. Miombo), and at the margins of montane forest. This species avoids areas of grassland. They have been found in forests where no other galagos are present. They build nests in thorn trees or nest in tree holes. Group size is 1-5, though they forage separately at night. This species is presumed to give birth to between one and two young annually.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is very locally threatened by habitat loss through deforestation for timber and conversion to agricultural land, but there are no major threats to the species as a whole.

Major Threat(s):

This species is very locally threatened by habitat loss through deforestation for timber and conversion to agricultural land, but there are no major threats to the species as a whole.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. It occurs in several protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. It occurs in several protected areas.

Citation:	Bearder, S. 2008. Galagoides thomasi. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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