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Nycticebus coucang  (Boddaert, 1785)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 572890

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lemur tardigradus Raffles, 1821
  
    Nycticebus sumatrensis Ludeking, 1867
  
    Nycticebus coucang brachycephalus Sody, 1949
  
    Nycticebus coucang buku Robinson, 1917
  
    Nycticebus coucang insularis Robinson, 1917
  
    Nycticebus tardigradus malaiana Anderson, 1881
  
  Common Name(s): Greater Slow Loris [English]
  
    Sunda Slow Loris [English]
  
    Slow Loris [English]
  
    Malayasian Slow Loris [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderStrepsirrhini É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812  
                                     InfraorderLorisiformes Gregory, 1915  
                                        FamilyLorisidae Gray, 1821 – lorises, pottos, angwantibos  
                                           SubfamilyLorisinae Gray, 1821  
                                              GenusNycticebus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 – slow lorises  
                                                 SpeciesNycticebus coucang (Boddaert, 1785) – Greater Slow Loris, Sunda Slow Loris, Slow Loris, Malayasian Slow Loris  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anthony B. Rylands  
  Notes: Deputy Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Office of the Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA   
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang    
       
  Expert: Colin P. Groves  
  Notes: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Blair, Mary E., Giang T. H. Cao, Elora H. López-Nandam, Daniel A. Veronese-Paniagua, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships and Unveiling Novel Genetic Diversity among Slow and Pygmy Lorises, including Resurrection of Xanthonycticebus intermedius   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genes, vol. 14, no. 3, article 643   
  Page(s): 1-26   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 2073-4425   
  Notes: doi: 10.3390/genes14030643   
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang, Greater Slow Loris [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang, Sunda Slow Loris [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang, Slow Loris [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Nycticebus coucang   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Data Deficient as N. c. menagensis and N. javanicus, Lower Risk (lc) as N. c. coucang  
    Status: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Vunerable  
 

 

    

 
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