Loris

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Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae<ref name=msw3>Template:MSW3 Groves</ref> (sometimes spelled Lorisinae<ref name=Brandon-Jones_et_al>Template:Cite journal</ref>) in the family Lorisidae. Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, Nycticebus is the genus containing the slow lorises, and Xanthonycticebus is the genus name of the pygmy slow loris.

Description

Lorises are nocturnal and arboreal.<ref name="NowakWalker1999">Template:Cite book</ref> They are found in tropical and woodland forests of India, Sri Lanka, and parts of southeast Asia. Their locomotion is a slow and cautious climbing form of quadrupedalism. Some lorises are almost entirely insectivorous, while others also include fruits, gums, leaves, and slugs in their diet.<ref name=Jurmain>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Page needed

Lorises, like most strepsirrhines, have a special adaptation called a "toothcomb" in their lower front teeth, which they use for grooming their fur and even injecting their venom.<ref name=Nekaris>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Female lorises practice infant parking, leaving their infants behind in trees or bushes. Before they do this, they bathe their young with allergenic saliva that is acquired by licking patches on the insides of their elbows which produce a mild toxin that discourages most predators,<ref name=Jurmain/> though orangutans occasionally eat lorises.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Taxonomic classification

The family Lorisidae is found within the infraorder Lemuriformes and superfamily Lorisoidea, along with the family Galagidae, the galagos. This superfamily is a sister taxon of Lemuroidea, the lemurs. Within Lorinae, there are ten species (and several more subspecies) of lorises across three genera:Template:R

• Family Lorisidae
  • Subfamily Perodicticinae
  • Subfamily Lorinae
    • Genus Loris
      • Gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus
        • Highland slender loris, L. lydekkerianus grandis
        • Mysore slender loris, L. lydekkerianus lydekkerianus
        • Malabar slender loris, L. lydekkerianus malabaricus
        • Northern Ceylonese slender loris, L. lydekkerianus nordicus
      • Red slender loris, L. tardigradus
        • Dry Zone slender loris, L. tardigradus tardigradus
        • Horton Plains slender loris, L. tardigradus nyctoceboides
    • Genus Xanthonycticebus<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
      • Pygmy slow loris, X. pygmaeus
    • Genus Nycticebus
      • Bangka slow loris, Nycticebus bancanus
      • Bengal slow loris, N. bengalensis
      • Bornean slow loris, N. borneanus
      • Sunda slow loris, N. coucang
      • Javan slow loris, N. javanicus
      • Kayan River slow loris, N. kayan
      • Philippine slow loris, N. menagensis
      • Sumatran slow loris, N. hilleri
      • †? N. linglom (fossil, Miocene)