Order Primates
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
111
184
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Loris lydekkerianus
Cabrera 1908
Loris lydekkerianus
Cabrera 1908
,
Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 1908: 139
.
Type Locality:
India
: Madras.
Vernacular Names:
Gray Slender Loris
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Loris lydekkerianus
subsp.
lydekkerianus
Cabrera 1908
Subspecies
Loris lydekkerianus
subsp.
grandis
Hill and Phillips 1932
Subspecies
Loris lydekkerianus
subsp.
malabaricus
Wroughton 1917
Subspecies
Loris lydekkerianus
subsp.
nycticeboides
Hill 1942
Distribution:
Dry and hill zones of
Sri Lanka
; S
India
.
Conservation:
CITES
– Appendix II;
IUCN
– Endangered as
L. tardigradus grandis
,
L. t. nyctoceboides
(sic), and
L. t. nordicus
, Data Deficient as
L. t.
lydekkerianus
and
L. t. malabaricus
.
Discussion:
Separated as a species by
Groves (2001
c
)
; but still more than one species may be concealed under this name.