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Loris and pottos species, subspecies: data reviews in preparation
Illustrated reviews (description, ecological data, threat, conservation)
Taxonomy needs to be updated

Identifikation keys


Species Subspecies (some synonyms added, taxonomic research is not yet finished)
1) Slender lorises
Old taxonomic name / new name, based on Groves 2001		  
Loris tardigradus
     Red slender loris 
     (review in preparation)		 Loris tardigradus tardigradus / Loris tardigradus
     Western Ceylon slender loris / Red slender loris 
     (review in preparation)
Loris lydekkerianus
     Gray slender loris (in preparation)		 Loris tardigradus malabaricus / Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus
     Malabar slender loris (in preparation)
  Loris tardigradus nordicus / Loris lydekkerianus nordicus
     (Loris lydekkerianus grandis? Synonymization proposed),
      Northern Ceylonese slender loris
     (in preparation)
  Loris tardigradus grandis / Loris lydekkerianus grandis
     Highland slender loris 
     (in preparation)
  Loris tardigradus nycticeboides / Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides
     Ceylon mountain slender loris
  Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus / Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus
     Mysore slender loris 
     (in preparation)
2) Lesser or pygmy slow lorises  
Nycticebus pygmaeus (in preparation)  
Other proposed pygmy loris forms (in preparation)  
3) Slow lorises  
Nycticebus bengalensis
Northern or bengal slow loris (in preparation)		 Nycticebus bengalensis
Northern or bengal slow loris (in preparation)
 . N. bengalensis, southern subpopulation / old synonym N. c. tenasserimensis (possibly including transition forms to N. c. coucang)
  (in preparation)
Nycticebus coucang
Malay slow lorises (in preparation)		 Nycticebus coucang coucang
Malay slow loris (in preparation)
  Nycticebus coucang menagensis
Bornean and Philippine slow lorises (in preparation)
The Javan slow loris may be listed as a distinct species in the future  Nycticebus coucang javanicus
Javan slow lorises (in preparation)
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