Lorisidae
Also known as Loridae
Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and comprise the lorises, pottos, and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast Asia.
Species
Lorisidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyLorisidae
via GBIF
Research
260 papers- CITES proposal highlights rarity of Asian nocturnal primates (Lorisidae: Nycticebus).Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology · 2007
- Examining the molecular basis of coat color in a nocturnal primate family (Lorisidae).Ecology and evolution · 2021
- Mitogenome data of Nycticebus coucang insularis Robinson, 1917 (Primate: Lorisidae).
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Description
- Behavior and ecology
- References
- Literature cited
- External links
Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and comprise the lorises, pottos, and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast Asia.
== Classification ==