Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the galagos and the lorisids.[2]: 34–35 As strepsirrhines, lorisoids are related to the lemurs of Madagascar and are sometimes included in the infraorder Lemuriformes,[3][a] although they are also sometimes placed in their own infraorder, Lorisiformes Gregory, 1915.[2]: 38
Lorisiformes[1] Temporal range: | |
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Brown greater galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Infraorder: | Lemuriformes [a] |
Superfamily: | Lorisoidea Gray 1821 |
Families | |
Classification
edit- Order Primates
- Suborder Strepsirrhini
- Infraorder †Adapiformes
- Infraorder Lemuriformes[a]
- Superfamily Lemuroidea: lemurs
- Superfamily Lorisoidea
- Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys, and apes
- Suborder Strepsirrhini
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sri_Lankan_Slender_Loris_1.jpg/220px-Sri_Lankan_Slender_Loris_1.jpg)
Notes
edit- ^ a b c The monophyletic clade containing the lemurs and lorisoids is widely accepted, but the name to be used for the clade is not yet agreed upon. The term Lemuriformes is used here since it derives from one popular taxonomy that clumps the clade of toothcombed primates into one infraorder and the extinct, non-toothcombed adapiforms into another, both within the suborder Strepsirrhini.[4][5] However, a popular alternative taxonomy places the lorisoids in their own infraorder, Lorisiformes.[6]: 20–21
References
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editData related to Lorisoidea at Wikispecies
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