Nycticebus coucang

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Malaysian 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Volumen I. Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, eorumque varietates. C.R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Tardigradus Coucang

Other common names

Greater Slow Loris · Sunda Slow Loris

Type locality

Malaysia, Malacca.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. hilleri, N. javanicus, N. menagensis, N. bancanus, and N. borneanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Nekaris, K. A. I., & Jaffe, S. (2007). Unexpected diversity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) within the Javan pet trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy. Contributions to Zoology, 76(3), 187-196. · 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. · Nekaris, K.A.I. & Poindexter, S. 2020. Nycticebus hilleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T163019804A163020000. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T163019804A163020000.en. Downloaded on 11 August 2020. · 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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001064

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 coucang insularis

H. C. Robinson, 1917

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.8.1 (= FMSM 963/15)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95a0dbc8-2172-4514-b2c2-4eb37a5a8367

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063844

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

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

Nycticebus coucang brachycephalus

Sody, 1949

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

brachycephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:144328

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/397d427d9-d3e5-427a-8710-2152cf0d98c8

Authority page

145 (footnote)

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

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

Nycticebus coucang

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

coucang

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163017685/17970966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticebus coucang coucang

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

coucang

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Nycticebus tardigradus

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534722

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Tardigradus Coucang

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

coucang

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Lemur tardigradus

(Raffles, 1821)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

tardigradus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754990

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

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

Nycticebus Sumatrensis

Ludeking, 1862

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

sumatrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Geneeskundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

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

Nycticebus tardigradus var. malaiana

J. Anderson, 1882

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

malaianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

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

Nycticebus coucang buku

H. C. Robinson, 1917

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

buku

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063844

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

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

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