Nycticebus linglom Mein and Ginsburg 1997 (slow loris)

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Full reference: P. Mein and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieure de Li Mae Long, Thailande; Systematique biostratigraphie et paleoenvironment. Geodiversitas 19(4):783-844

Belongs to Nycticebus according to P. Mein and L. Ginsburg 1997

Sister taxa: Nycticebus bancanus, Nycticebus bengalensis, Nycticebus borneanus, Nycticebus coucang, Nycticebus javanicus, Nycticebus kayan, Nycticebus menagensis, Nycticebus pygmaeus

Type specimen: T Li 41, a tooth (right M3/). Its type locality is Li Mae Long, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial horizon in Thailand.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Li Mae Long

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