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Loris (slender loris)

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Taxonomy

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

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

It was assigned to Loridina by Gray (1825); to Loridae by Gentry et al. (1994) and Yoder et al. (2001); to Lorisidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Lorisinae by Harrison (2010).

Species

L. lori, L. lydekkerianus, L. tardigradus (syn. L. gracilis, Tardigradus loris), Tardigradus

Sister genera

Tardigradus

Synonyms

Stenops was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tardigradus by Stone and Rehn (1902); it was synonymized objectively with Loris by Gentry et al. (1994).
Tardigradus was named by Boddaert (1785) [non Tardigradus Brisson 1762 (unavailable synonym of Bradypus); year believed by Stone and Rehn 1902 to be 1784]. It is extant.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Gentry et al. (1994).
Loridium was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Loris by Gentry et al. (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1785	Tardigradus Boddaert p. 67
1796	Loris Geoffroy
1811	Stenops Illiger p. 73
1815	Loridium Rafinesque p. 54
1825	Loris Gray p. 338
1994	Loris Gentry et al. p. 332
2001	Loris Yoder et al. p. 408
2005	Loris Wilson and Reeder
2010	Loris Harrison

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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	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	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

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.

G. Loris Geoffroy 1796 [slender loris]

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Loris lori Cabera 1908

Loris lydekkerianus Cabera 1908

Loris tardigradus Linnaeus 1758

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

Invalid names: Loridium Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym], Stenops Illiger 1811 [objective synonym], Tardigradus Boddaert 1785 [nomen nudum]

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

Collections

No collection or age range data are available