Nycticebus borneanus

Lyon, 1906

Bornean 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/7737613

Original name as described

Nycticebus borneanus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:142234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3845a52f0-9488-4595-b5d8-9815a8ad2626

Type locality

Sanggau District, Sakaiam River, W Kalimantan, Borneo, 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., Ford, S.M. 2013. Taxonomy of the Bornean slow loris, with species Nycticebus kayak (Primates, Lorisidae). American Journal of Primatology 75(1):46-56. · Blair, M. E., Cao, G. T., López-Nandam, E. H., Veronese-Paniagua, D. A., Birchette, M. G., Kenyon, M., ... & Le, M. D. (2023). Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships and Unveiling Novel Genetic Diversity among Slow and Pygmy Lorises, including Resurrection of Xanthonycticebus intermedius. Genes, 14(3), 643.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001063

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 borneanus

Lyon, 1906

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

borneanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:142234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3845a52f0-9488-4595-b5d8-9815a8ad2626

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7737613

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163015906/163015915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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