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Grant's Bushbaby

Paragalago granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Grant's bushbaby (Paragalago granti), also known as Grant's lesser bushbaby or the Mozambique lesser bushbaby, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is a common species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Wikipedia contributors, Grant's bushbaby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:16:29.086893+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Paragalago granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)
Name authority
(Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)
Common name
Grant's Bushbaby
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Galagidae
Genus
Paragalago
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
  12. suborderStrepsirrhini É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
  13. infraorderLorisiformes Gregory, 1915
  14. familyGalagidae Gray, 1825
  15. genusParagalago Masters, Génin, Couette, Groves, Nash, Delpero & Pozzi, 2017
  16. speciesParagalago granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Paragalago. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rondo BushbabyParagalago rondoensis (Honess in Kingdon, 1997)GalagidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Diani Dwarf GalagoParagalago cocos (Heller, 1912)GalagidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mountain Dwarf GalagoParagalago orinus (Lawrence & Washburn, 1936)GalagidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tanzania Coast Dwarf GalagoParagalago zanzibaricus (Matschie, 1893)GalagidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 17 records assigned to Galagidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Galago granti Thomas & Wroughton, 1907 Thomas & Wroughton, 1907synonym
Galago mertensi Frade, 1924 Frade, 1924synonym
Galago nyasae Elliot, 1907 Elliot, 1907synonym
Galagoides granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907) (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1025149 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4CVG2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.