Loris tardigradus Linnaeus 1758

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Alternative combinations: Lemur tardigradus, Nycticebus tardigradus, Stenops tardigradus, Tardigradus tardigradus

Synonyms: Loris gracilis Geoffroy 1796, Stenops gracilis Geoffroy 1796, Tardigradus loris Boddaert 1785

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Loris according to A. Gentry et al. 1994

See also Linnaeus 1758, Owen 1853, Stone and Rehn 1902 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Loris lori, Loris lydekkerianus, Tardigradus

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Loris tardigradus in the database

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