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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499362

Original name as described

Nycticebus javanicus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4252

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001066

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 ornatus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.5.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02a2ae5f-b914-4cb9-aad9-ed559aa44b3e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f43c479d-c264-4034-af01-3efb1414d188

Authority page

627

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196810

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nycticebus javanicus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4252

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499362

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39761/205911512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticebus coucang javanicus

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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