Galagidae

Hoffmann, Michael, Grubb, Peter, Groves, Colin P., Hutterer, Rainer, Straeten, Erik Van Der, Simmons, Nancy & Bergmans, Wim, 2009, A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989), Zootaxa 2205, pp. 1-36 : 11-12

Galagidae

Galagoides demidoff rondoensis Rowe, 1996: 22 . Nomen nudum.

Remarks: Cited as “the subspecies G. d. rondoensis ”, with a reference to Groves (1989), although this taxon is not mentioned in the work cited. Rowe (1996: 22) also illustrated this galago by a photograph with the caption “The rondo [sic] dwarf bush baby was recently discovered in southeast Tanzania and may be a new species.” There is no description or definition that states in words characters that are purported to differentiate the taxon, so G. d. rondoensis Rowe, 1996 , is a nomen nudum.

Galagoides rondoensis Honess, 1996: 9 . “the tiny Rondo galago … has a very restricted distribution in a few evergreen and coastal forests in southeast Tanzania ”. Galagoides rondoensis Honess in Kingdon, 1997: 106. “Currently known from remnant forest patches on the seaward rim of the Rondo plateau [ Tanzania]”. “1997 Galagoides rondoensis Honess , in Kingdon, The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, p. 106” in Honess & Bearder ('1996 '. African Primates 2:77), with locality of holotype (actually, lectotype) cited (p. 78) as “Rondo Forest Reserve, Lindi District, Lindi Region, Tanzania (10o07'S, 39o23'E)”. [CR]

Remarks: The third citation is dated December 1996 but must have been published after that date, as the part of the volume containing the article quotes several papers published in 1997. The original publication of Galagoides rondoensis and G. udzungwensis (below) has only been identified recently (P. Grubb, unpubl.). Listed as Galago rondoensis by Groves (2001), but as Galagoides rondoensis by Grubb et al. (2003).

Galagoides udzungwensis Honess, 1996: 9 . “first found in the lowland evergreen forests of the Udzungwa Mountains [ Tanzania]”. Galagoides udzungwensis Honess in Kingdon, 1997: 106. “known from lowlying secondary rainforest growing below the Uzungwa … mountain chain [ Tanzania]”. “1997 Galagoides udzungwensis Honess , in Kingdon The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, pp. 106– 107” in Honess & Bearder ('1996 '. African Primates 2:76), with locality of holotype (actually, lectotype) cited (p. 76) as “Ichima, Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (8o01'S 36o31'E)”.

Remarks: A parallel case to the previous one. Listed as Galago udzungwensis by Groves (2001), but as a synonym of Galagoides zanzibaricus by Grubb et al. (2003).