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Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus)
Subject: | Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus)
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From ftp://ftp.woof.net/pub/lochiel/animals/san-diego-zoo
san-diego-zoo Images from the San Diego Zoo's excellent
multimedia CD-ROM, "The Animals". There are
many different types of animals here, and a
few images of a sexual nature.
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From: varecia@gte.net
Date: Sun Jul 18 22:34:35 KST 1999
File To Comment: animal2/SDZ_0123-Lemur.jpg
This animal is a Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus).
It is a prosimian but is not a lemur, since lemurs are found
in Madagascar and loris are found in Southeast Asia.
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Scientific Name: Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names:
English – Red Slender Loris, Slender Loris
French – Loris Grèle
Spanish – Loris Fino
Synonyms:
Loris ceylonicus Fischer, 1804
Loris gracilis É. Geoffroy, 1796
Loris zeylanicus Lydekker, 1905
Taxonomic Notes: This taxon formerly included Loris lydekkerianus, which has been recently been promoted to full species status. There is preliminary evidence for two additional subspecies in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka. The form nycticeboides is a taxonomic variant of tardigradus and not lydekkerianus. |
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