Lorisiformes

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Lorisiformes
Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Strepsirrhini Infraorder: Lorisiformes Gregory, 1915
Families
Lorisidae Galagidae

Lorisiformes are a group of primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members of this infraorder include the galagos and the lorises. As strepsirrhines, they are related to the lemurs and the Aye-aye, but it is currently unknown if the Aye-aye is more closely related to the lemurs, or represents a form ancestral to both Lemurifores and the Loriformes species.

• ORDER PRIMATES
  • Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
    • Infraorder Lemuriformes
    • Infraorder Chiromyiformes
    • Infraorder Lorisiformes
      • Family Lorisidae: lorises
      • Family Galagidae: galagos
  • Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes

[edit] References

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 121-127. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.