Nycticebus bengalensis

(de Lacépède, 1800)

Bengal Slow Loris

Dorso-lateral view. Also as Ashy Slow Loris, Northern Slow Loris.
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Location:USA, IL, Cook Co., Chicago, Lincoln Park ZooDate taken:1 January 1980Description:Dorso-lateral view. Also as Ashy Slow Loris, Northern Slow Loris.

Distribution :

Assam (India) to Vietnam and S Thailand (Isthmus of Kra); Yunnan, perhaps Kwangsi (China)

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 533

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lorisiformes
Family: Lorisidae
Subfamily: Lorisinae
Genus: Nycticebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lacépède, B.G.É. de. 1800. Classification des oiseaux et des mammifères. Séances des écoles normales, recueillies par des sténographes, et revues par les professeurs 9(appendix):1-86.

Original name as described

Lori bengalensis

Other common names

Ashy Slow Loris · Northern Slow Loris

Type locality

India, Bengal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Cambodia · China · India · Laos · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Malaysia?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001062

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Lemur ecaudatus

Kerr, 1792

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Ceylon and Bengal

Type locality

Asia: Southern Asia.

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664102

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Latham & Davies (1795:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72595)
Turton (1802:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Lori bengalensis

de Lacépède, 1800

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Bengale

Type locality

India.

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Séances des écoles normales, recueillies par des sténographes, et revues par les professeurs

Loris bengalensis

G. Fischer, 1804

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Original type locality

Sein Vaterland ist Bengalen und Ceylon

Type locality

Asia: Southern Asia.

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Fischer (1804:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35209)
Goldfuss (1809:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Fischer (1813:563, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)

Nycticebus bengalensis:

Ranzani, 1820

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804560

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

Ranzani (1820:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
Desmarest (1821:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Lesson (1827:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Smith & Xie (2008:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39758/179045340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Stenops bengalensis:

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523703

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)

Nycticebus cinereus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1862-1601 (= MNHN:type:142) (= MNHN "200")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

à Siam et en Cochinchine

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1862-1601

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13961314

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Milne-Edwards (1867:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29126833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29341)
Gray (1871:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Schlegel (1876:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1878:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:691, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nycticebus tardigradus cinereus:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404743

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Trouessart (1904:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Nycticebus coucang cinereus:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602503

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Chasen (1935:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34045)

Nycticebus tenasserimensis

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tenasserimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Tenasserim

Type locality

Myanmar.

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602501

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nycticebus incanus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

incanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1881.12.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lower Pegu. Type from Kyeikpadein.

Type locality

Myanmar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/96b0d122-19fd-4d2b-8d3a-61d25bb1b349 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f03b0dd6-c171-4f03-9eac-fa8f7262d00d

Authority page

627

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196810

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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