Slender loris

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Slender lorises[1]
Red Slender Loris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Lorisidae
Genus: Loris
É. Geoffroy, 1796
Genus

The slender lorises are two species of loris, the only members of the genus Loris:

Some sources list only one species, Loris tardigradus and regard subspecies of lydekkerianus as subspecies instead, of tardigradus.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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, 122. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Loris and potto subspecies - data reviews