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Nycticebus coucang (Sunda slow loris)

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Taxonomy
Tardigradus coucang was named by Boddaert (1785). It is extant. It is the type species of Nycticebus.

It was recombined as Nycticebus coucang by Stone and Rehn (1902).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1785Tardigradus coucang Boddaert
1867Nycticebus cinereus Milne-Edwards p. 11
1902Nycticebus coucang Stone and Rehn p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLorisiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLorisoidea
familyLorisidae()
subfamilyLorisinaeGray 1821
genusNycticebusGeoffroy 1812
speciescoucang(Boddaert 1785)

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.

Nycticebus coucang Boddaert 1785 [Sunda slow loris]
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Nycticebus coucang hilleri Stone and Rehn 1902
Nycticebus coucang natunae Stone and Rehn 1902
Invalid names: Nycticebus cinereus Milne-Edwards 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available