Golden Angwantibo

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The golden angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus) is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae that is endemic to west-central Africa. It is native to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, where it can be found in small, localised distributions. It is a medium-sized lorisid of about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length and weighing 210 grams (7.4 oz), and is the smaller of the two angwantibo species. The pelage of the golden angwantibo is of a lustrous orange hue with a woolly texture, differentiating it from the duller Calabar angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis). It possesses typical strepsirrhine traits such as a toothcomb and grooming claws on the second pedal digits. The manual index fingers is absent, which is an adaptation that facilitates gripping branches and lianas for its slow, cryptic style of locomotion. As an angwantibo, it possesses a unique thorax consisting of overlapping ribs, which may play a role in predation avoidance or balancing the animal as it climbs.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Arctocebus aureus de Winton, 1902

Name authority

de Winton, 1902

Common name

Golden Angwantibo

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Lorisidae

Genus

Arctocebus

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. familyLorisidae Gray, 1821
15. subfamilyPerodicticinae Gray, 1870
16. genusArctocebus Gray, 1863
17. speciesArctocebus aureus de Winton, 1902

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 15 records assigned to Lorisidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Documented distribution

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

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=572887 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:5W3R4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.