Taxonomic Classification
The family Lorisidae is found within the infraorder Lorisiformes with the family Galagidae, the galagos. This infraorder is a sister taxon of Lemuriformes, the lemurs. Within Lorisinae, there are seven species of lorises in two genera.
- Family Lorisidae
- Subfamily Perodicticinae
- Subfamily Lorisinae
- Genus Loris
- Gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus
- Highland slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus grandis
- Mysore slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus
- Malabar slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus
- Northern slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus nordicus
- Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus
- Dry Zone slender loris, Loris tardigradus tardigradus
- Horton Plains slender loris, Loris tardigradus nyctoceboides
- Gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus
- Genus Nycticebus
- Sunda slow loris, Nycticebus coucang
- Bengal slow loris, Nycticebus bengalensis
- Pygmy slow loris, Nycticebus pygmaeus
- Javan slow loris, Nycticebus javanicus
- Bornean slow loris, Nycticebus menagensis
- ? Nycticebus linglom (fossil, Miocene)
- Genus Loris
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