Nycticebus bancanus

Lyon, 1906

Bangka Slow Loris

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

Authority citation

Lyon, M.W., Jr. 1906-11-09. Notes on the slow lemurs. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 31(1494):527-538.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7737614

Original name as described

Nycticebus bancanus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:124907

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33bcde71e-e550-4bc1-91cc-58ad0324bbcb

Type locality

Klabat Bay, Bangka, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from N. menagensis, which was was previously included under N. coucang

Taxonomy notes citation

Munds, R.A., Nekaris, K.A.-I. and Ford, S.M. 2013. Taxonomy of the Bornean slow loris, with new species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae). American Journal of Primatology 75(1):46-56. doi:10.1002/ajp.22071 · Blair, M.E., Cao, G.T.H., López-Nandam, E.H., Veronese-Paniagua, D.A., Birchette, M.G., Kenyon, M., Md-Zain, B.M., Munds, R.A., Nekaris, K.A.-I., Nijman, V., Roos, C., Thach, H.M., Sterling, E.J. and Le, M.D. 2023. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and unveiling novel genetic diversity among slow and pygmy lorises, including resurrection of Xanthonycticebus intermedius. Genes 14(643):1-26. doi:10.3390/genes14030643

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001061

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Nycticebus bancanus

Lyon, 1906

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bancanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:124907

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33bcde71e-e550-4bc1-91cc-58ad0324bbcb

Authority page

536

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7737614

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163015864/163015867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticebus coucang bancanus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bancanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

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