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Taxonomy
Loridae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was corrected as Lorisidae by Wortman (1903), Carroll (1988), Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Philips and Walker (2002), Seiffert et al. (2003), Seiffert et al. (2005), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Harrison (2010).
It was assigned to Heteronychae by Gray (1821); to Lemuroidea by Wortman (1903); to Primates by Nowak (1991); to Lorisiformes by Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Seiffert et al. (2003), Poux and Douzery (2004), Seiffert et al. (2005) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Lorisoidea by Carroll (1988), Philips and Walker (2002) and Harrison (2010).
It was corrected as Lorisidae by Wortman (1903), Carroll (1988), Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Philips and Walker (2002), Seiffert et al. (2003), Seiffert et al. (2005), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Harrison (2010).
It was assigned to Heteronychae by Gray (1821); to Lemuroidea by Wortman (1903); to Primates by Nowak (1991); to Lorisiformes by Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Seiffert et al. (2003), Poux and Douzery (2004), Seiffert et al. (2005) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Lorisoidea by Carroll (1988), Philips and Walker (2002) and Harrison (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Loridae Gray p. 298 |
| 1903 | Lorisidae Wortman p. 411 |
| 1988 | Lorisidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Loridae Nowak |
| 1997 | Lorisidae Mein and Ginsburg p. 805 |
| 2002 | Lorisidae Philips and Walker |
| 2003 | Lorisidae Seiffert et al. |
| 2004 | Loridae Poux and Douzery |
| 2005 | Lorisidae Seiffert et al. p. 11399 |
| 2005 | Lorisidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2010 | Lorisidae Harrison |
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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.
Fm. Lorisidae Gray 1821 [loris]
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Subfm. Lorisinae Gray 1821
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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]
G. †Microloris Flynn and Morgan 2005
G. Nycticebus Geoffroy 1812 [slow loris]
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Nycticebus bancanus Lyon 1906
Nycticebus bengalensis Geoffroy 1812
Nycticebus borneanus Lyon 1906
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]
Nycticebus coucang malaianus Anderson 1881
Nycticebus javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
Nycticebus kayan Munds et al. 2013
†Nycticebus linglom Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Nycticebus menagensis Lydekker 1893
Nycticebus pygmaeus Bonhote 1907 [pygmy slow loris]
Invalid names: Bradycebus Cuvier and Geoffroy 1795 [synonym]
Subfm. †Mioeuoticinae Harrison 2010
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G. †Mioeuoticus Leakey 1962
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†Mioeuoticus kichotoi Kunimatsu et al. 2017
†Mioeuoticus shipmani Phillips and Walker 2000
Subfm. Perodictinae Gray 1870
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G. Arctocebus Gray 1863 [golden potto]
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Arctocebus aureus de Winton 1902 [golden angwantibo]
Arctocebus calabarensis Smith 1860 [Perodicticus calabarensis]
G. Perodicticus Bennett 1831 [potto]
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Perodicticus edwardsi Bouvier 1879
Perodicticus ibeanus Thomas 1910
Perodicticus potto Statius Muller 1776
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Invalid names: Galago guineensis Desmarest 1820 [synonym], Perodicticus geoffroyi Bennett 1831 [synonym], Potto bosmanii Lesson 1840 [synonym]
Invalid names: Potto Lesson 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Serravallian or 41.30000 to 11.62000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Namaloris rupestris (165176) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Lorisidae indet. (12954) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Lorisidae indet. (180602) | |
| Miocene | Pakistan | Nycticeboides simpsoni (201488) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | Nycticebus linglom (48126) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Lorisidae indet. (22078) | |
| Middle Miocene | Kenya | Mioeuoticus kichotoi (191756) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Lorisidae indet. (21340) |