Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus

(Bonhote, 1907)

Southern Pygmy Slow Loris

Anterolateral view of skeleton grasping branch. Also as Lesser Slow Loris, Pygmy Loris. Formerly Nycticebus pygmaeus.
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Location:Date taken:UnknownDescription:Anterolateral view of skeleton grasping branch. Also as Lesser Slow Loris, Pygmy Loris. Formerly Nycticebus pygmaeus.

Distribution :

SE Asia east of the Mekong River, E Cambodia [72], Vietnam as far N as the Hai Van Pass in Quang Nam Province (16.200 N, 108.125 E, 2846 m a.s.l.), and historically S to the vicinity of Ho Chi Minh City (10.75 N, 106.66 E) [18] and also southern Laos PDR.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4450

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bonhote, J.L.J. 1907-01-15. Mr. J. L. Bonnote, F.Z.S., communicated a paper on a collection of Mammals from Annam sent home by Dr. Vassal. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 38:2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209201

Original name as described

Nycticebus pygmæus

Other common names

Southern Pygmy Loris · Lesser Slow Loris · Pygmy Loris

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08ed2800-4b3b-4e5c-9553-ee0ed61eedec https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b904f19a-d0ca-4a85-b7af-82ddc09f9800

Type locality

Nha-trang, Annam (= Vietnam).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

previously included X. intermediusmoved from Nycticebus to the recently described Xanthonycticebus

Taxonomy notes citation

Nekaris, K.A.-I. and Nijman, V. 2022. A new genus name for pygmy lorises, Xanthonycticebus gen. nov. (Mammalia, Primates). Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(1):87-92. doi:10.3897/zse.98.81942 · 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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001069

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Nycticebus pygmæus

Bonhote, 1907

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Annam

Type locality

Vietnam: 12°14′24″N, 109°11′24″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08ed2800-4b3b-4e5c-9553-ee0ed61eedec https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b904f19a-d0ca-4a85-b7af-82ddc09f9800

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209201

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Elliot (1913:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Thomas (1925:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14043)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Smith & Xie (2008:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14941/198267330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus:

Nekaris & Nijman, 2022

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Name usages

Nekaris & Nijman (2022:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59533)
Blair, Cao, López-Nandam, Veronese-Paniagua, Birchette, Kenyon, Md-Zain, Munds, Nekaris, Nijman, Roos, Thach, Sterling & Le (2023:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61282)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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