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Sunda Loris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Lorisidae
Genus: Nycticebus
Species: N. coucang
Binomial name
Nycticebus coucang
(Boddaert, 1785)

The Sunda Loris (Nycticebus coucang) is a slow loris. This slow moving strepsirrhine primate have large eyes that point forward, and the ears are small and nearly hidden in the fur. The tail is a mere stump. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Embrithopoda (extinct) Subclass Creodonta (extinct) Hyaenodontidae Oxyaenidae Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Placentalia Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Macroscelidea Perissodactyla Pholidota Primates Proboscidea Rodentia Scandentia Sirenia Tubulidentata Xenarthra Subclass Marsupialia Dasyuromorphia Didelphimorphia Diprotodontia Microbiotheria Notoryctemorphia... Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ... Genera Arctocebus Perodicticus Pseudopotto Loris Nycticebus Loridae (or sometimes Lorisidae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. ... Species Nycticebus coucang Nycticebus bengalensis Nycticebus pygmaeus The slow lorises are three species of loris and are classified as the genus Nycticebus. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Species Nycticebus coucang Nycticebus bengalensis Nycticebus pygmaeus The slow lorises are three species of loris and are classified as the genus Nycticebus. ... Families Cheirogaleidae Lemuridae Megaladapidae Indridae Daubentoniidae (Aye-aye) Loridae Galagonidae The Strepsirrhini clade is one of the two suborders of primates. ... Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ...


The Sunda Loris is a diurnal and arboreal animal that prefers the tops of the trees. ... This article is about the biological organisms known as trees. ...


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The life expectancy of the slow loris is up to 14 years.
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