Nycticebus kayan

Munds, Nekaris, & S. M. Ford, 2013

Kayan 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

Munds, R.A., Nekaris, K.A.-I. and Ford, S.M. 2013-01. Taxonomy of the Bornean slow loris, with new species _Nycticebus kayan_ (Primates, Lorisidae). American Journal of Primatology 75(1):46-56.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22071

Original name as described

Nycticebus kayan

Type material

AMNH M-106012

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-106012

Type locality

Peleben (02.78° N, 116.58° E), East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Brunei · Malaysia

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attribtued to N. menagensis

Taxonomy notes citation

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. · 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001067

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Names and synonyms

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Nycticebus kayan

Munds, Nekaris, & S. M. Ford, 2013

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

kayan

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-106012

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-106012

Authority page

50

Authority publication

American Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163015583/163015849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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