Family Lorisidae Gray 1821 (loris)

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Alternative spelling: Loridae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Parent taxon: Lorisoidea according to T. Harrison 2010

See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1821, Mein and Ginsburg 1997, Nowak 1991, Philips and Walker 2002, Poux and Douzery 2004, Seiffert et al. 2003, Seiffert et al. 2005, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Wortman 1903

Sister taxon: Galagidae

Subtaxa: Lorisinae Mioeuoticinae Namaloris Perodictinae

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Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (3 collections), Pakistan (2), Thailand (1)

• Oligocene of Egypt (1)

• Eocene of Namibia (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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