Loris tardigradus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Red Slender Loris

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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033821

Original name as described

Lemur tardigradus

Other common names

Horton Plains Slender Loris

Type material

NHRM 532011

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Ceylon (= Sri Lanka).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001060

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.

Loris gracilis zeylanicus

Lydekker, 1905

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

zeylanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.10.12.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ad651a56-9b61-42de-bc30-b3d290530f61

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207197

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Loris tardigradus nycticeboides

Osman Hill, 1942

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

nycticeboides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1945.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9dd51905-2b02-43b2-8d66-3983ed156b54 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a1ced1b5-6a40-433d-87f0-fa076ec4d68b

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48227697

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Lemur tardigradus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 532011

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033821

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Nycticebus tardigradus typicus

(Lydekker, 1905)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

NHRM 532011

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207196

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Loris tardigradus parvus

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

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SLCP 2015.13

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Primate Conservation

Loris tardigradus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Magasin encyclopédique

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12375/217756381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemur gracilis

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Lori tardigradus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033400

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Loris ceylanicus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ceylanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207537

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Stenops tardigradus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Smith (1842:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Fitzinger (1855:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Stenops gracilis

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  3. Kelaart (1852:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  4. Fitzinger (1855:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Bradylemur tardigradus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

nycticeboides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Loris tardigradus tardigradus

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

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Lemur (Lori)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

lori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Leipzig

Tardigradus Loris

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

loris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230031

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Loris gracilis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Magasin encyclopédique

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  3. Blyth (1863:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Kelaart (1890:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Loris ceylonicus

G. Fischer, 1804

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ceylonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

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

Loris zeylonicus

Goldfuss, 1809

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

zeylonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497918

Authority publication

Erlangen

nycticebus ceylonicus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ceylonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523867

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Nycticebus Ceylonius

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ceylonius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814828

Authority publication

Paris

Arachnocebus Lori

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

lori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358434

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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