Biology and Conservation of Prosimians
International Conference held at The North of England Zoological Society, Chester, September 13-16, 1995
Editors: Caroline S. Harcourt, Chester; Robin Huw Crompton, Liverpool; Anna T.C. Feistner, Jersey

Species and Speciation: Brief Report

Sympatric Populations of Galagoides demidoff and Galagoides thomasi in the Haut-Ogooué Region of Gabon
E. Jean Wickings^a, Lesley Ambrose^b, Simon K. Bearder<sup>b

a</sup>Department of Primatology, CIRMF, Franceville, Gabon;
^bSchool of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Address of Corresponding Author

Folia Primatol 1998;69:389-393 (DOI: 10.1159/000052727)

  Key Words

• Prosimians
• Bushbaby
• Morphology
• Galagoides demidoff
• Galagoides thomasi
• Gabon

  Abstract

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The extensive studies of Charles-Dominique in the 1970s on the prosimians of Gabon characterised five species; three galagos or bushbabies (Allen's galago, Demidoff's dwarf galago and the elegant or needle-clawed galago) and two lorises (the potto and the angwantibo). These five sympatric species were studied in the northeast of Gabon in the province of Ogooué-Ivindo, but all are found throughout the extensive rain forests of Gabon, with Demidoff's galago being encountered most commonly [1]. Indeed, this species appears to have the most extensive range of all dwarf bushbabies in central Africa [2].

  Author Contacts

Dr. E. Jean Wickings
Department of Primatology
CIRMF, BP 769
Franceville (Gabon)
Tel. +241 677 092/96, Fax +241 677 062

  Article Information

Number of Print Pages : 5
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 1, Number of References : 4