Loris lydekkerianus

Cabrera, 1908

Gray Slender Loris

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Location:Sri Lanka, Dehiwala Zoo (Colombo Zoo)Date taken:Jan 1, 1972

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cabrera, Á. 1908. Sobre los loris, y en especial sobre la forma filipina. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 8:135-139.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1834792

Original name as described

Loris lori lydekkerianus

Other common names

Dry Zone Slender Loris · Northern Slender Loris · Northern Ceylon Slender Loris · Highland Slender Loris · Malabar Slender Loris · Mysore Slender Loris

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.19.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52cc4ec7-4121-4bd0-8fe3-943e32acdd33 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b0da657-4edd-416a-ad6e-fe3f26043f75

Type locality

India, Madras.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001059

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: 10 names and synonyms.

Loris lori lydekkerianus

Cabrera, 1908

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

lydekkerianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.19.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52cc4ec7-4121-4bd0-8fe3-943e32acdd33 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b0da657-4edd-416a-ad6e-fe3f26043f75

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1834792

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Cabrera (1908:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1834792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69043)

Loris lydekkerianus

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

lydekkerianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602493

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Thomas (1918:370, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)
  3. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44722/217741551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Loris malabaricus

Wroughton, 1917

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

malabaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.22.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/715f2535-8ff5-46d8-a437-e8932643f610 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98752858-1425-4840-b28e-8ae720b0f900

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453811

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Loris tardigradus grandis

Osman Hill & W. W. A. Phillips, 1932

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.6.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8f4f22d8-ee1f-43a7-8f2e-2b316d7cacee https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d0937cfc-506e-443f-b56c-c9dd5c3609a0

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Loris tardigradus nordicus

Osman Hill, 1933

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

nordicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.4.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ba76d54-6ad1-430e-a3a0-37e7eeb07ad2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ae81640c-e334-4ba2-89e6-0ddd7241b69a

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

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

Loris lydekkerianus grandis

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

100

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)

Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

lydekkerianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

100

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)

Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

malabaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)

Loris lydekkerianus nordicus

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

nordicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)

Loris lydekkerianus uva

S. N. Gamage, Groves, Marikar, C. S. Turner, Padmalal, & Kotagama, 2017

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

uva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SLCP 2015.12

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Primate Conservation

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