Xanthonycticebus is a genus of slow lorises, nocturnal and arboreal strepsirrhine primates found east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern China. Its best known member, the pygmy slow loris, was long classified in the genus Nycticebus and was transferred to this genus in 2022. Two species are recognised: the northern pygmy loris, Xanthonycticebus intermedius, from northern Vietnam, Laos and China, and the southern pygmy loris, Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus, from southern Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The animals are small, weighing about 450 grams, with a very short tail, and like other slow lorises they have a toxic bite obtained by licking secretions from glands on the inside of the elbows.
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Child Taxon Of
Source Lorisidae (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of
Source Pygmy slow loris (Wikipedia)
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Source Pygmy slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The pygmy slow loris is distributed east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, eastern Cambodia, Laos, and Yunnan province in southern China.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pygmy slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The pygmy slow loris is distributed east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, eastern Cambodia, Laos, and Yunnan province in southern China.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pygmy slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The pygmy slow loris is distributed east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, eastern Cambodia, Laos, and Yunnan province in southern China.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pygmy slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The pygmy slow loris is distributed east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, eastern Cambodia, Laos, and Yunnan province in southern China.
Sources
1. Pygmy slow loris (Wikipedia)
Taxonomy
It was originally classified within Nycticebus until it was transferred to the genus Xanthonycticebus in 2022.
Conservation
In 2020 the IUCN classified the pygmy slow loris as endangered, as did the Vietnam Red Data Book the same year.
Lead
Two species are recognised, the northern pygmy loris X.
Distribution and habitat
The pygmy slow loris is distributed east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, eastern Cambodia, Laos, and Yunnan province in southern China.
In Group: Primate Genera, Description
Like other strepsirrhine primates, the pygmy slow loris has tapeta lucida in its eyes to assist with night vision.
View the SourceLorisidae (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Lorisidae, ClassificationQuote, Child Taxon Of: Lorisidae, Classification
Genus Xanthonycticebus, pygmy slow loris
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