Infraorder Lorisiformes Gregory 1915 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Parent taxon: Strepsirrhini according to T. Harrison 2010

See also Mein and Ginsburg 1997, Poux and Douzery 2004, Seiffert et al. 2003, Seiffert et al. 2005 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Adapiformes, Azibiidae, Djebelemuridae, Karanisia, Lemuriformes

Subtaxa: Lorisoidea

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (4), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), Tanzania (1)

• Miocene of Egypt (1), Kenya (5), Pakistan (2), Thailand (1), Uganda (1)

• Oligocene of Egypt (2)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Namibia (1)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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