Gabon bushbaby

Gabon bushbaby[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Galagidae
Genus:	Sciurocheirus
Species:	S. gabonensis
Binomial name
Sciurocheirus gabonensis (J. E. Gray, 1863)
Gabon bushbaby range

The Gabon bushbaby (Sciurocheirus gabonensis) is a species of

The Gabon bushbaby is native to tropical western Central Africa. Its range extends from the Sanaga River in Cameroon, through the Congo Republic and Río Muni, in Equatorial Guinea to Gabon, where it is found between the Sanaga River and the Ogooué River. It is unclear whether it occurs to the south of the Ogooue River. Its typical habitat is dense humid forest where it lives in the lower part of the canopy among the lianas and tree trunks. It seems able to adapt to some extent to inhabiting secondary growth and partially felled areas.^[2]

Ecology

The Gabon bushbaby moves widely through the forest; the home range of males is 30 to 60 hectares (74 to 148 acres) while that of females is 8 to 10 hectares (20 to 25 acres).

The Gabon bushbaby has a relatively wide range and is a fairly common species. Apart from some felling of forest for timber and for conversion into agricultural land, no particular threats have been identified. This bushbaby is present in a number of protected areas, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".^[2]

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