Galago subfamily - Red Galago

Japanese: ガラゴ亜科 - がらごあか
Galago subfamily - Red Galago

...A general term for nocturnal prosimians belonging to the family Lorisidae and subfamily Galaginae of the order Primates. Six species are known, including the Great Galago (Galago crassicaudatus) and the Senegalensis (Galago senegalensis ) (illustration).

From Loris

…A general term for the prosimians of the family Lorisidae of the primate order. The family Lorisidae is divided into the subfamily Lorisinae and the subfamily Galagosinae. The subfamily Lorisinae includes four genera and four species: the slow loris Nycticebus coucang (illustration) that lives in Southeast Asia, the slender loris Loris tardigradus (illustration) that lives in India, the anwantibo Arctocebus calbarensis (illustration) that lives from Cameroon to Nigeria, and the potto Perodictics potto (illustration) that lives from Guinea to Lake Victoria. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Galago subfamily" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…霊長目ロリス科ガラゴ亜科galaginaeに属する夜行性の原猿類の総称。オオガラゴGalago crassicaudatus,ショウガラゴG.senegalensis(イラスト)など6種が知られている。…

【ロリス】より

…霊長目ロリス科Lorisidaeの原猿の総称。ロリス科はロリス亜科とガラゴ亜科に分けられる。ロリス亜科には,東南アジアに生息するスローロリスNycticebus coucang(イラスト),インドに生息するホソロリス(スレンダーロリス)Loris tardigradus(イラスト),カメルーンからナイジェリアにかけて生息するアンワンティボArctocebus calbarensis(イラスト),ギニアからビクトリア湖にかけて生息するポットーPerodictics potto(イラスト)の4属4種が含まれる。…

※「ガラゴ亜科」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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