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Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908

Description

Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908

Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908, Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 1908: 139.

Type Locality: India: Madras.

Vernacular Names: Gray Slender Loris.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. grandis Hill and Phillips 1932

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. malabaricus Wroughton 1917

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. nycticeboides Hill 1942

Distribution: Dry and hill zones of Sri Lanka; S India.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered as L. tardigradus grandis, L. t. nyctoceboides (sic), and L. t. nordicus, Data Deficient as L. t. lydekkerianus and L. t. malabaricus.

Discussion: Separated as a species by Groves (2001 c); but still more than one species may be concealed under this name.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lorisidae
Genus
Loris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Primates
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Cabrera
Species
lydekkerianus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera, 1908 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Groves, C. P. 2001 c. Primate taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 350 pp.