Nycticebus

Nycticebus coucang

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lorisiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lorisoidea

Familia: Lorisidae
Subfamilia: Lorisinae
Genus: Nycticebus
Species: N. bancanus – N. bengalensis – N. borneanus – N. coucang – N. hilleri – N. javanicus – N. kayan – N. menagensis – ?†N. linglom
Species excludendae: N.  pygmaeus

Name

Nycticebus Geoffroy, 1812: 163

Type species: Tardigradus coucang Boddaert, 1785

References

Primary references

• Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, [É.] 1812. Suite au Tableau des Quadrumanes. Second Famille. Lemuriens. Strepsirrhini. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19: 156–170. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Munds, R.A., Nekaris, K.A.I. & Ford, S.M. 2013. Taxonomy of the Bornean slow loris, with new species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae). American Journal of Primatology 75(1): 46–56. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22071 Reference page. 
• Nekaris, K. A. I.; Munds, R. (2010). "Chapter 22: Using Facial Markings to Unmask Diversity: the Slow Lorises (Primates: Lorisidae: Nycticebus spp.) of Indonesia". In Gursky-Doyen, S.; Supriatna, J.. Indonesian Primates. New York: Springer. pp. 383–396. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1560-3_22 ISBN 978-1-4419-1559-7

Links

• Nycticebus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Slow Loris
日本語: スローロリス属
македонски: Бавно лори
русский: Толстые лори
ไทย: ลิงลม, นางอาย, ลิงจุ่น
中文: 懶猴

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