Loris

Lorises

<tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Mammalia <tr><td>Order:<td>Primates <tr><td>Family:<td>Loridae <tr><td>Genus:<td>Loris
Nycticebus </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Species <tr><td> Loris tardigradus
Loris lydekkerianus
Nycticebus coucang
Nycticebus bengalensis
Nycticebus pygmaeus </table> Loris is the genus for the Slender lorises as well as the common name for them and for the genus Nycticebus. Both Loris and Nycticebus are in the family Loridae (also spelled Lorisidae).

Red Slender Loris, Loris tardigradus
Gray Slender Loris, Loris lydekkerianus
- Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus
- Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus
- Loris lydekkerianus grandis
- Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides
Sunda Loris, Nycticebus coucang
- Nycticebus coucang coucang
- Nycticebus coucang menagensis
- Nycticebus coucang javanicus
Bengal Slow Loris, Nycticebus bengalensis
Pygmy Slow Loris, Nycticebus pygmaeus

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