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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLorisiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLorisoidea
familyLorisidae()
subfamilyLorisinaeGray 1821
genusLorisGeoffroy 1796
speciestardigradus()

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