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SPECIES Arctocebus aureus

Author:de Winton, 1902.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 48.
Common Name:Calabar Angwantibo
Type Locality:Equatorial Guinea, 50 mi. (80 km) up Benito River.
Distribution:C Africa, south of Sanaga River, W and N of Congo/Oubangui River system.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Formerly classified as a subspecies of Arctocebus calabarensis, but considered a full species by Maier (1980:567) and Groves (1989:100-101; 2001c).
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    ruficeps Thomas, 1913

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