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/3499362Original 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-1993-4252Type 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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