Nycticebus javanicus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Javan 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1812. Suite au Tableau des Quadrumanes. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:154-170.

Original name as described

Nycticebus javanicus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4252

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Java.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from N. coucang; it has been suggested that ornatus is a distinct species but it is included under N. javanicus here since specimens identified as the taxa turned out to be immature N. javanicus rather than distinct forms

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. , Shekelle, M, Wirdateti, Rode-Margono, E.J. & Nijman, V. 2020. Nycticebus javanicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T39761A86050473. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39761A86050473.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

Critically Endangered

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