Xanthonycticebus intermedius

(Đào Văn Tiến, 1960)

Northern 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

Authority citation

Tiến, Đ.V. 1960. Sur une nouvelle espèce de Nycticebus au Vietnam. Zoologischer Anzeiger 164:240-243.

Original name as described

Nycticebus intermedius

Other common names

Northern Pygmy Loris

Type material

LZH 069

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Hoà Bình, Vietnam (21.83 N, 105.33 E, 300 m a.s.l.).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos · Vietnam · China

Taxonomy notes

split from X. pygmaeus; moved 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006699

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 intermedius

(Đào Văn Tiến, 1960)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LZH 069

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Xanthonycticebus intermedius

M. E. Blair, Giang T.H. Cao, López-Nandam, Veronese-Paniagua, Birchette, Kenyon, B. M. Md-Zain, Munds, Nekaris, Nijman, Roos, Thach, Sterling, & Minh D. Le, 2023

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Genes

Name usages

  1. Blair, Cao, López-Nandam, Veronese-Paniagua, Birchette, Kenyon, Md-Zain, Munds, Nekaris, Nijman, Roos, Thach, Sterling & Le (2023:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61282)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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