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Loris tardigradus

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Taxonomy

Lemur tardigradus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nycticebus tardigradus by Geoffroy (1812); it was recombined as Stenops tardigradus by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Tardigradus tardigradus by Stone and Rehn (1902); it was recombined as Loris tardigradus by Geoffroy (1796), Thomas (1911) and Gentry et al. (1994).

Synonyms

Loris gracilis was named by Geoffroy (1796). It is extant.

It was recombined as Stenops gracilis by Owen (1853); it was synonymized subjectively with Tardigradus tardigradus by Stone and Rehn (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Loris tardigradus by Gentry et al. (1994).
Tardigradus loris was named by Boddaert (1785). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tardigradus tardigradus by Stone and Rehn (1902).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Lemur tardigradus Linnaeus p. 29
1785	Tardigradus loris Boddaert
1796	Loris gracilis Geoffroy
1796	Loris tardigradus Geoffroy p. 48
1812	Nycticebus tardigradus Geoffroy p. 333
1853	Stenops gracilis Owen p. 718
1853	Stenops tardigradus Owen p. 719
1902	Tardigradus tardigradus Stone and Rehn p. 138
1911	Loris tardigradus Thomas p. 129
1994	Loris tardigradus Gentry et al. p. 332

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
suborder	Strepsirrhini	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorder	Lorisiformes	Gregory 1915
superfamily	Lorisoidea
family	Lorisidae	()
subfamily	Lorisinae	Gray 1821
genus	Loris	Geoffroy 1796
species	tardigradus	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Loris tardigradus Linnaeus 1758

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Invalid names: Loris gracilis Geoffroy 1796 [synonym], Tardigradus loris Boddaert 1785 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealf

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-22 16:48:02

Modified:

2005-08-22 18:48:02

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Collections

No collection or age range data are available