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Lorisoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of primates}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Lorisiformes

| fossil_range = {{Geological range|Eocene|present}}

| image = Brown Greater Galago.jpg

| image_alt = Brown greater galago ("Otolemur crassicaudatus")

| image_caption = Brown greater galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus

| taxon = Lorisoidea

| parent_authority = {{efn|name=Lemuriformes}}

| authority = Gray 1821

| synonyms =

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| subdivision_ranks= Families

| subdivision = {{plainlist|

Galagidae

Lorisidae}}

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Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the galagos and the lorisids.{{rp|pages=34–35}} As strepsirrhines, lorisoids are related to the lemurs of Madagascar and are sometimes included in the infraorder Lemuriformes,{{efn|name=Lemuriformes|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. However, a popular alternative taxonomy places the lorisoids in their own infraorder, Lorisiformes.{{rp|pages=20–21}} }} although they are also sometimes placed in their own infraorder, Lorisiformes Gregory, 1915.{{rp|page=38}}

Classification

{{main|List of lorisoids}}

File:Sri Lankan Slender Loris 1.jpg, Loris tardigradus]]

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Notes

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References

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{{cite book |last1=Cartmill |first1=M. |year=2010 |title=Primate Neuroethology |editor1-last=Platt |editor1-first=M. |editor2-last=Ghazanfar |editor2-first=A. |chapter=Primate Classification and Diversity |pages=10–30, esp. p. 15 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-532659-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hv28p1tCnnEC&pg=PA15}}

{{cite book |last1=Cartmill |first1=M. |last2=Smith |first2=F.H. |year=2011 |title=The Human Lineage |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=90 |isbn=978-1-118-21145-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X058kYnhxC0C&pg=PA89}}

{{cite book |last1=Hartwig |first1=W. |editor1-last=Campbell |chapter=Chapter 3: Primate evolution |pages=19–31 |editor1-first=C. J. |editor2-last=Fuentes |editor2-first=A. |editor3-last=MacKinnon |editor3-first=K. C. |editor4-last=Bearder |editor4-first=S. K. |editor5-last=Stumpf |editor5-first=R. M |title=Primates in Perspective |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-539043-8}}

{{MSW3 Primates|id=12100100|pages=121–127}}

{{cite book |last1=Nekaris |first1=N.A.I. |last2=Bearder |first2=S.K. |chapter=Chapter 4: The lorisiform primates of Asia and mainland Africa: Diversity shrouded in darkness |title=Primates in Perspective |edition=2nd |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=C.J. |editor2-last=Fuentes |editor2-first=A. |editor3-last=MacKinnon |editor3-first=K.C. |editor4-last=Bearder |editor4-first=S. K. |editor5-last=Stumpf |editor5-first=R.M. |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-539043-8}}

{{cite book |last1=Szalay |first1=F.S. |last2=Delson |first2=E. |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates |year=1980 |page=149 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0126801507 |oclc=893740473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jE7gBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA149}}

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External links

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{{Strepsirrhini|L.}}

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Category:Lemuriformes

Category:Mammal superfamilies

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

Category:Taxa described in 1821

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