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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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 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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