Sunda Loris

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Sunda Loris^[1]

Conservation status

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Least Concern

(IUCN) ^[2]

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Lorisidae
Genus:	Nycticebus
Species:	N. coucang

Binomial name

Nycticebus coucang
(Boddaert, 1785)

The Sunda Loris (Nycticebus coucang) is a slow loris. This slow moving strepsirrhine primate has large eyes that point forward, and ears that are small and nearly hidden in the fur. Its tail is a mere stump.

The Sunda Loris is a diurnal and arboreal animal that prefers the tops of the trees.

There are three subspecies recognized:

Nycticebus coucang coucang
Nycticebus coucang menagensis
Nycticebus coucang javanicus

References

Wikispecies has information related to:

Sunda Loris

^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 122. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ Eudey et al (2000). Nycticebus coucang. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.

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Extant species of family Lorisidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Strepsirhini

Perodicticinae

Arctocebus	Calabar Angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis) · Golden Angwantibo (Arctocebus aureus)
Perodicticus	Potto (Perodicticus potto)
Pseudopotto	False Potto (Pseudopotto martini)

Lorinae

Loris	Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) · Gray Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus)
Nycticebus	Sunda Loris (Nycticebus coucang) · Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) · Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)