Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908

Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908, Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 1908: 139.

Type Locality: India: Madras.

Vernacular Names: Gray Slender Loris.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. grandis Hill and Phillips 1932

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. malabaricus Wroughton 1917

Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. nycticeboides Hill 1942

Distribution: Dry and hill zones of Sri Lanka; S India.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered as L. tardigradus grandis, L. t. nyctoceboides (sic), and L. t. nordicus, Data Deficient as L. t. lydekkerianus and L. t. malabaricus.

Discussion: Separated as a species by Groves (2001 c); but still more than one species may be concealed under this name.