Lorises [1] Temporal range:
early Miocene–Recent | |
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Slender loris (Loris sp.) | |
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Family: | Lorisidae
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Lorisidae (sometimes called Loridae) is a family of primates. Its members resemble lemurs. They live in trees, in Africa and Asia. Depending on the author, there are nine to eleven species, in about five genera.[2]
Genera are:
Arctocebus
Perodicticus
Pseudopotto
Loris
Nycticebus