Lorisoidea

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Lorisiformes[1]
Temporal range: Eocene–present
Brown greater galago ("Otolemur crassicaudatus")
Brown greater galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
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Superfamily: Lorisoidea
Gray 1821
Families
Galagidae

Lorisidae

Lorisoidea is a

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]
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Classification

Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus

Notes

  1. ^ 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 

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