Loris Geoffroy 1796 (slender loris)

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Synonyms: Loridium Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym], Stenops Illiger 1811 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Lorisinae according to T. Harrison 2010

See also Gentry et al. 1994, Gray 1825, Stone and Rehn 1902, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Yoder et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Microloris, Nycticeboides, Nycticebus

Subtaxa: Loris lori Loris lydekkerianus Loris tardigradus Tardigradus

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Loris in the database

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