Nycticebus menagensis

(Lydekker, 1893)

Philippine 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

Lydekker, R. 1893. Mammalia. Pp. 1–55 in Sharp, D. (eds.). The Zoological Record, Volume the Twenty-ninth. Being Records of Zoological Literature Relating Chiefly to the Year 1892. Zoological Record 29:not continuously paginated.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53119973

Original name as described

Lemur menagensis

Type locality

Philippines, Tawitawi.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei · Philippines

Taxonomy notes

split from N. coucang and previously included N. bancanus and N. borneanus; includes the name natunae, which is generally considered a synonym of 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. · 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/1001068

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 philippinus

Cabrera, 1908

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

philippinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 2026

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1834790

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Nycticebus coucang natunae

Stone & Rehn, 1902

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

natunae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:104599

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/349b21392-15af-4e5d-ab23-37507d96c031

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309247

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Nycticebus coucang menagensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

menagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

menagensis

(Nachtrieb, 1892)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

menagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741040

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Lemur menagensis

(Lydekker, 1893)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

menagensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53119973

Authority publication

Zoological Record

Nycticebus menagensis

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

menagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404743

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163013860/17970781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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