Nycticebus hilleri

Stone & Rehn, 1902

Hiller's 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

Stone, W. and Rehn, J.A.G. 1902-06-04. A collection of mammals from Sumatra, with a review of the genera Nycticebus and Tragulus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(1):127-142.

Original name as described

Nycticebus coucang hilleri

Other common names

Sumatran Slow Loris

Type material

ANSP 6590

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Batu Sankar, Tanah Datar, Padang Highlands, near W coast of Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from N. coucang

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. · 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

Country distribution map

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