Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus
(Bonhote, 1907)
Southern Pygmy Slow Loris
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Primates |
Suborder | : Strepsirrhini |
Infraorder | : Lorisiformes |
Family | : Lorisidae |
Subfamily | : Lorisinae |
Genus | : Xanthonycticebus |
Species status
Authority citation
Bonhote, J.L.J. 1907-01-15. Mr. J. L. Bonnote, F.Z.S., communicated a paper on a collection of Mammals from Annam sent home by Dr. Vassal. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 38:2.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209201Original name as described
Nycticebus pygmæus
Other common names
Southern Pygmy Loris · Lesser Slow Loris · Pygmy Loris
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08ed2800-4b3b-4e5c-9553-ee0ed61eedec https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b904f19a-d0ca-4a85-b7af-82ddc09f9800Type locality
Nha-trang, Annam (= Vietnam).
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia
Taxonomy notes
previously included X. intermediusmoved from Nycticebus to the recently described Xanthonycticebus
Taxonomy notes citation
Nekaris, K. A.-I. & Nijman, V. (2022). A new genus name for pygmy lorises, Xanthonycticebus gen. nov. (Mammalia, Primates). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 98(1), 87-92. · 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
Not Evaluated
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