Lorisoidea

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Lorisiformes1
Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Superfamily: Lorisoidea
Gray 1821
Families

Lorisidae
Galagidae

Lorisoidea is a superfamily of primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the galagos and the lorisids.2 As strepsirrhines, lorisoids are related to the lemurs of Madagascar and are often included in the infraorder Lemuriformes,3 although they are also sometimes placed in their own infraorder, Lorisiformes Gregory, 1915.4

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 121–127. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Nekaris & Bearder 2011, pp. 34–35.
  3. ^ Cartmill & Smith 2011, p. 90.
  4. ^ Nekaris & Bearder 2011, p. 38.

Literature cited

  • Nekaris, N. A. I.; Bearder, S. K. (2011). "Chapter 4: The lorisiform primates of Asia and mainland Africa: Diversity shrouded in darkness". In Campbell, C. J.; Fuentes, A.; MacKinnon, K. C.; Bearder, S. K.; Stumpf, R. M. Primates in Perspective (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539043-8. 
  • Cartmill, M.; Smith, F. H. (2011). The Human Lineage. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-21145-8. 
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