Loris Loris

Loris - Definition and Overview

Lorises
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Loridae
Subfamily:Lorinae
Gray, 1821
Genera

Loris
Nycticebus

Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorinae in family Loridae. Loris is the genus in this subfamily and represents the slender lorises, while Nycticebus is the genus for the slow lorises.

  • Family Loridae
    • Subfamily Perodicticinae
    • Subfamily Lorinae
      • Genus Loris
        • Red Slender Loris, Loris tardigradus
        • Gray Slender Loris, Loris lydekkerianus
          • Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus
          • Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus
          • Loris lydekkerianus grandis
          • Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides
      • Genus Nycticebus
        • Sunda Loris, Nycticebus coucang
        • Bengal Slow Loris, Nycticebus bengalensis
        • Pygmy Slow Loris, Nycticebus pygmaeus
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