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Review of synonyms for taxonomic names of lorises and pottos (genus, species, subspecies, populations).  Sample. Complete information and references: see database.
	(Sub-)species, form, subpopulation	Synonyms (presently valid names listed below)
	Asian lorises
L I	Slender lorises, genus Loris	Lemur tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., I, p. 29, idem., 1766. Syst. Nat., I, p. 44) 12, 14 (the genus should strictly be labelled Lemur, but on account of the long association of this term with the Madagascar animals the rule is not applied in this case 14.  Lemur ceylonicus (Fischer, 1804, Anat. Maki, XII, p. 28) 14;  Tardigradus Boddaert 1784 2, 37: first name as a group separate from Malagasy lemurs, genus name Loris has therefore been questioned 37; but Tardigradus Brisson 1762 had already been used for a group of edentates 14.  Arachnocebus (Lesson, 1840) 2.  Bradylemur (Lesson, 1840) 2; Nycticebus (Schlegel, 1876), in part 2.  Nycticebus lori (Fischer, 1829, Syn. Mamm., p. 70) 14.  Nycticebus gracilis (Blainville, 1841, Osteogr., Atlas, Pl. H. (osteology); Schlegel, 1876, Mus. Pays-Bas, VII, p. 284) 14.  Stenops Illiger, 1811, in part 2.  Stenops tardigradus (Illiger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm., p. 73; Schinz, 1844, Syn. Mamm., p. 168; Fitzinger, 1870, Sitz. Mitth. Natur. Akad. Wiss., Wien, p. 698) 14.  Stenops gracilis (Geoffroy 1796 12; Kuhl, 1820, Beitr., VI, pp. 37, 47; van der Hoeven, 1844, Tijdschr. Nat. Ges., XI, p. 39; Schinz, 1844, Syn. Mamm., I, p. 109; Kelaart, 1852, Prodr. Faunae Zeylan., p. 9; Gray, 1863, P.Z.S., p. 159) 14, Loridium (Rafinesque, 1815) 2.  Loris as a generic name first by E. Geoffroy, 1796 (name Loris derived from the dutch word loeris = clown, which in itself is derived from the french lourd and the latin luridus, meaning "wan") 14.  Loris gracilis (Geoffroy, I;., 1796, Mag. encycl., Ann. 4, I, p. 48; idem., 1812, Ann. Mus., XIX, p. 163; Geoffroy, L, 1851, Cat. méthod. Primates, p. 79; Dahlbom, 1856, Stud. zool. fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, tom. IX, p. 211; Tennent, 1861, Nat. Hist. of Ceylon, p. 12; Blyth, 1863, Cat. Mamm. Asiatic Soc., p. 19; Jerdon, 1874, Mamm. of India, p. 15; Anderson, 1881. Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., p. 97; Blanford, 1888, Fauna of Brit. India (Mammals), p. 47; Beddard, 1895, P.Z.S., p. 195 (brain); Forbes, 1896, Handb. to the Primates, I, p. 31; Forsyth-Major, 1901, P.Z.S., p. 140 (skull); Lydekker, 1904, P.Z.S., p. 345) 12, 14.  Loris gracilis typicus (Lydekker, 1904, P.Z.S., p. 345; see under L. t. lydekkerianus) 14.  Loris gracilis zeylanicus (Lydekker, 1904, P.Z.S., p. 345) 14.  Loris tardigradus (Oldfield Thomas, 1908, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, (Ser. 8), p. 469; idem., 1911, P.Z.S., p. 129; Elliot, 1913, Rev. of the Primates, I, p. 18; Phillips, 1926, Ceylon J. Sci. (B), XIII, p. 281) 14.  (L. tardigradus;distinct species proposed in 1998, see below 64, 65).  (L. lydekkerianus;distinct species proposed in 1998, see below 64, 65).
L II a	Loris tardigradus tardigradus1 (proposition 1998: change into distinct species L. tardigradus64, 65). Including two phenotypically distinct-looking forms: see L II b, L II c.	Lemur tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. I, p. 29; idem., 1766, Syst. Nat. I, p. 44) 14, 18.  Lemur ceylonicus (Fischer, 1804, Anat. Maki, t. XII, p. 28) 14, 2.  Arachnocebus lori (Lesson, 1840) 2.  Bradylemur tardigradus var. c: Lesson, 1840 2.  Nycticebus gracilis (Blainville, 1841. Ostéogr., Atlas Pl. H.; Schlegel, 1876, Mus. Pays Bas, VII, p. 284).  Tardigradus tardigradus (Boddaert, 1784. Elench. Animal, p. 67; Stone and Rohn, 1902. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, LIV, p. 136 14).  Stenops tardigradus ((Linnaeus) Illiger, 1811 2, Prodr. Syst. Mamm., p. 168 et al. 14).  Stenops gracilis (Kuhl, 1820, Beitr., Bd. VI, pp. 37 and 37 et al. 14; Kelaart 1852 18; Illiger, 1815 (nomen nudum) 2).  Loris gracilis (Geoffroy, B., 1796, Mag. Encycl., Ann. 4, 1, p. 48 et al. 14; Blanford 1888 18).  Loris ceylonicus (Fischer) Lesson, 1827 2.  Loris gracilis zeylanicus: see below, under L II d.  Loris tardigradus (Thomas, 1908, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), p. 469; idem., 1911, P.Z.S., p. 129; Elliot, 1913, Rev. of Primates, I, p. 18; Phillips, 1926, Ceylon J. Sci. (B) XIII, p. 281) 14. (The Ceylonese specimens described as Loris tardigradus by Wroughton before the other Ceylonese forms were distinguished (1917) 22 probably belonged to a larger form, possibly nordicus14). (L. tardigradus in 1998 proposed as name for L. t. tardigradus as a distinct species 64, 65).  Loris tardigradus tardigradus (Hill and Phillips, 1932, Ceylon J. Sci. (B) XVII, p. 109) 14.  (Proposed: L. tardigradus64, 65)
L II b	Small form with the appearance of a shorter muzzle 15.
L II c	Small form with longer-looking muzzle / heart-shaped (L. t. grandis-like) face 15.
L II d	(L. gracilis zeylanicus: synonym?) 2, 14.	Loris gracilis zeylanicus (Lydekker, 1905, P.Z.S., p. 345): status in doubt. The holotype described by Lydekker fails to agree with the colour of description, possibly because the specimen was evidentrly on display and may have faded; although paler, it resembles the colour plate accompanying Lydekker´s description. Pocock (1939) discounted the holotype described by Lydekker and invalidly selected an alternative specimen as a lectotype 2.  L. t. tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758)? 14. Specimen smaller and browner than examples of L. t. nordicus, It seems appropriate to retain the form provisionally in the synonymy of L. t. tardigradus2.
L III	(Loris lydekkerianus) Proposition 1998: species including all forms formerly known as Loris tardigradus subspecies with the exception of former L. t. tardigradus 64, 65.	Presently valid names: L. tardigradus malabaricus L. tardigradus lydekkerianus L. tardigradus nordicus L. t. grandis L. tardigradus nycticeboides instead of L. lydekkerianus nycticeboides.  (Loris lydekkerianus proposed 64, 65)
L IV	Loris tardigradus malabaricus (Wroughton, 1917) 1 (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus malabaricus 64, 65)	Loris tardigradus (Ryley, 1913, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., XXII, p. 284; idem., 1913, loc. cit, p. 494) 14.  Loris tardigradus gracilis 2. Loris malabaricus (Wroughton, 1917, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., XXV, p. 45; idem, 1918, op. cit., tom. cit., p. 563) 14.  Loris tardigradus malabaricus14.  (Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus proposed in 1998 64, 65).
L V	Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus (Cabrera, 1908) 1, (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus lydekkerianus64, 65).	Loris gracilis typicus (Lydekker, 1904, P.Z.S., p. 345) 14.  Loris lydekkerianus (Cabrera, 1908. Bol. Soc. Españ. Hist. Nat., p. 135; Thomas, 1908, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), p. 469; Wroughton, 1917, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., p. 45; idem, 1918. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., p. 563) 14.  Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus14.  (L. lydekkerianus lydekkerianus proposed 64, 65).
L VI	Loris tardigradus nordicus(Osman Hill, 1933) 1 (proposition 1998: identical with / synonym of L. lydekkerianus grandis, 64, 65. L. lydekkerianus nordicus if distinctness is found?).	Loris tardigradus nordicus (Osman Hil 1933) 14.  (L. lydekkerianus grandis; proposition 1998: former L. t. nordicus regarded as identical with / synonym for L. t. grandis 64, 65. (The specimens described as Loris tardigradus by Wroughton (1917) 22 were probably a larger Ceylonese form, maybe nordicus, described before this subspecies was distinguished from the former 14).
L VII	Loris tardigradus grandis(Osman Hill and Phillips, 1932) 1 (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus grandis 64, 65).	Loris tardigradus grandis (Osman Hill and Phillips, 1932, Ceylon J. of Sci. (B) XVII, p. 110) 14.  (L. lydekkerianus grandis; proposition 1998: also valid for L. t. nordicus regarded as identical with / synonym for L. t. grandis 64, 65.
L VIII	Loris tardigradus nycticeboides (Osman Hill, 1942) 1, (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus nycticeboides 64, 65).	Loris tardigradus nycticeboides (Osman Hill, 1942) 1;  (Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides proposed in 1998 64, 65)
Nx	Nycticebus in general, lesser slow lorises included or species not mentioned	Tardigradus Boddaert 1784, in part (preoccupied) 2.  Loris E. Geoffroy 1796, in part 2.  Lori Lacépède 1799 2.  Stenops Illiger 1811, in part 2.  Bradycebus E. Geoffroy and Cuvier 1820-24 (nomen nudum) 2.  Bradylemur Blainville 1839 2.  Nycticebus
Np	Lesser slow lorises	By some error, E. Geoffroy transferred the specicific title tardigradus to the slow loris which, for many years afterwards was known as Nycticebus tardigradus 14.
Np I	Nycticebus pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907) 3, 1, 2, see also 38. (N. intermedius and other possible pygmaeus-like forms included).	N. coucang pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 4) 1
Np I b	N. pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907) 4, distinguished from N. intermedius).	N. pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907) 3
Np II	Synonym / proposed species:  Nycticebus intermedius (Dao, 1960) 4.	Nycticebus intermedius (Dao, 1960) 4. N. pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907) 3
Np III	Proposed species: Nycticebus sp. New species proposed 1997, possibly corresponding to N. intermedius 46, 47.	N. pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907)? 3.  N. intermedius (Dao, 1960)? 47.
Np IV	(Nycticebus chinensis?New species proposed? Newspaper report, source and date unknown) 65.
	Slow lorises(lesser slow lorises not included)	Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert, 1784) 1, 2.  Lemur tardigradus Link 1795 1, 12.  Nycticebus tardigradus of most authors until 1910 1.  Stenops tardigradus van der Hoeven 1844 1.  Tardigradus coucang Boddaert 1783 12.  Nycticebus coucang Stone and Rehn 1902 1.
N I	Nycticebus coucang bengalensis (new name proposed by Groves 1998: N. bengalensis 64, 65).  Includes N I b to N I d 2, 3; Osman Hill distinguished N I b from this form 1.	Loris bengalensis (Fischer 1804, Anat. Maki, 30) 2.  N. bengalensis (E. Geoffroy, 1812) 2.  N. c. cinereus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) 1. "Pocock included the Siamese N. c. cinereus A. Milne-Edwards (1867) to this form although all previous writers have regarded cinereus as distinct" 1.  N. tardigradus typicus (Lydekker,1904) 105.  N. tenasserimensis (Elliott, 1913) 2.  N. incanus (Thomas) 1, 2. "included by Pocock" 1.  N. c. coucang (erroneously by Stone and Rehn, 1902) 3.  N. c. bengalensis (Lacépède, 1800 / Fischer, 1804) 3.  (N. bengalensis proposed in 1998 64, 65).
N I b	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. tenasserimensis  (Elliott, 1912) 1.	N. c. tenasserimensis (Elliott, 1912, Rev. Primates, i. 25) 1.  N. c. bengalensis (Fischer, 1804) 2 (Compare with N I).  (N. bengalensis proposed in 1998 64, 65).
N I c	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. cinereus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) 1.	N. c. bengalensis (Fischer, 1804) 2 (Compare with N I).  (N. bengalensis proposed in 1998 64, 65).
N I d	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. incanus (Thomas) 1	N. incanus (Thomas) 1 N. c. bengalensis (Fischer, 1804) 2 (Compare with N I).  (N. bengalensis proposed in 1998 64, 65).,
N II	Nycticebus coucang(Boddaert, 1784), (Proposition 1998: N. bengalensis distinct species, no longer included 2, 64).	Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert, 1784) 2, 64.
N III	Nycticebus coucang coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 2 (includes Nc III b-e; compare with Nc III b).	Lemur tardigradus (Raffles 1821) 2.  Bradylemur tardigradus var. B. (Lesson, 1840) 2.  Kra Buku (Raffles 1821)1.  buku (Martin 1838) 1.  malaianus (Anderson 1879)1.  sumatrensis (Ludek, 1862) (nom. nud.) 1.  N. sumatrensis (Ludeking 1867) 2.  N. tardigradus malaiana (Anderson, 1881), 2.  N. tardigradus malayanus105.  N. tardigradus (Thomas, 1886)2.  N. tardigradus hilleri 105.  N. tardigradus natunae 105.  N. c. buku (Robinson 1917) 2.  N. c. brachycephalus (Sody, 1949) 2.  N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 1, 2, 64, 65.
N III b	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 1.	Kra Buku (Raffles 1821) 1.  buku (Martin 1838) 1.  malaianus (Anderson 1879)1.  N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785, Elenchus animalium, 67) 2.
N III c	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. insularis (Robinson, 1917) 1.	N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785, J.F.M.S. Mus. viii, 101) 2.
N III d	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. natunae (Stone et Rehn, 1902) 1.	N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 1.  N. tardigradus natunae 105.  N. c. natunae (Stone et Rehn, 1902, Loc. cit. 140) 1. N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 2.
N III e	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. hilleri (Stone et  Rehn, 1902) 1.	sumatrensis (Ludek, 1862) (nom. nud.) 1.  N. c. hilleri (Stone et Rehn, 1902, Proc. Acad. nat. Sc. Philadel. 139) 1. N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 2.
N IV	Nycticebus coucang menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) 2; (including N IV b-d).	Compare with N IV b..  N. borneanus (Lyon, 1906), 2.  N. bancanus (Lyon, 1906), 2.  N. philippinus (Cabrera, 1908) 2.  N. c. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) 2.
N IV b	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) 6 (only from Tawitawi Archipelago; compare with N IV).	menagensis (Compare with N IV). (Worcester 1891, Nachtrieb 1892, Zool. Anz. 28: 147-148.) (nom. nud.) 6.  Lemur menagensis (Lydekker 1893) 6.  N. menagensis (Trouessart 1898-99) 6.  N. c. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) 1, 6 (Compare with N IV)
N IV c	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. borneanus (Nachtrieb, 1892;  Lyon, 1908) 1.	N. c. borneanus (Nachtrieb, 1892; Lyon, 1908, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 536 ) 1. N. c. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 535) 1, 6 (Compare with N IV)
N IV d	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. bancanus (Lyon, 1906) 1.	N. c. bancanus (Lyon, 1906, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 536) 1. N. c. menagensis 2 (Compare with N IV)
N V	Nycticebus coucang javanicus (E. Geoffroy, 1812) 1, 2, 3, 4, (new name proposed 1998: Nycticebus javanicus 64, 65).	Bradylemur tardigradus var. D. (Lesson, 1840) 2.  N. ornatus (Thomas, 1921) 1, 2.  N. javanicus 64, 65.  N. tardigradus javanicus105.  N. c. javanicus (E. Geoffroy, 1812, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, xix. 164) 1, 2, 3.
	African forms
A I	Genus Arctocebus(formerly believed to consist of 1 species, A. calabarensis, compare with A II) 33.	Perodicticus calabarensis (J. A. Smith, 1860, Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edin. ii 172) 2, 12.  Stenops calabarensis (Smith, 1860) 12.  Arctocebus calabarensis (J. A. Smith, 1860) (compare with AII).
A II	Arctocebus calabarensis(J.A. Smith, 1863) 33, 1, 2 (formerly regarded as subspecies A. c. calabarensis).	A. c. calabarensis (J. A. Smith, 1860, Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edin. ii 172) 1, 2.  Arctocebus calabarensis (J. A. Smith, 1860) (compare with AII).
A III	Arctocebus aureus De Winton, 1902 33, 1, 2.	A. c. aureus (de Winton, 1902, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), ix. 47) 1, 2.  A. ruficeps (Thomas 1913), based on a juvenile specimen 30.  A. aureus De Winton, 1902 33, 1, 2.
P I	Genus Perodicticus Bennett, 1831;  Perodicticus potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) (possibly including unrecognized species such as the proposed new genus Pseudopotto? See below).	Monotype: Perodicticus geoffroyi (Bennett 1831) 2.  Galago (Desmarest, 1820, in part) 2.  Lemur potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766, in Linné, Natursyst. Suppl. 12, ex Bosman) 12.  Stenops potto (Van der Hoeven, 1847-49; Pel, 1852) 12.  Nycticebus potto (Geoffroy, 1812) 12.  Nycticebus (E. Geoffroy, 1812b, in part) 2.  Potto (Lesson, 1840) 2.  Perodicticus Lönnberg, 1917 (error) 2.  Perodicticus Lorenz, 1917 (error) 2.  Perodicticus potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
P II	Perodicticus potto potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766) 2 (includes P II b - P II c).	Galago guineensis (Desmarest, 1920) 2.  P. geoffroyi (Bennett, 1831; from Sierra Leone) 2.  Potto bosmannii (Lesson, 1840) 2.  P. juju (Thomas 1910, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), v, 351) 2.  P. p. potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766) 2.
P II b	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766) 1 (not including P II c).	P. p. potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766, in Linné, Natursyst. Suppl. 12, ex Bosman) 1.  guineensis (Desmarest 1820) 1.  geoffroyi (Bennett 1831) 1.  bosmanni (Lesson 1840) 1.
P II c	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. juju (Thomas, 1910) 1.	P. p. potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766) 2.  P. p. juju (Thomas, 1910, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), v, 351) 1.
P III	Perodicticus potto edwardsi (Bouvier, 1879) 2 (includes P III b - P III c).  Possibly including other species.	P. p. edwardsi (Bouvier, 1879, Guide de naturaliste, i) 1. P. batesi (of Equatorial Guinea, Benito River, Rio Muni; Winton, 1902) 2.  P. faustus (Thomas 1910, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), vi.426) 2.  P. p. fosteri ? (from Beri, Batouri district, Cameroon) 2
P III b	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. edwardsi (Bouvier, 1879) 1.	P. p. edwardsi (Bouvier, 1879, Guide de naturaliste, i) 1. P. batesi (of Equatorial Guinea, Benito River, Rio Muni; Winton, 1902) 1.
P III c	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. faustus (Thomas, 1910) 1.	P. p. faustus (Thomas, 1910, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), vi.426) 1.
P IV	Perodicticus potto ibeanus (Thomas, 1910) 2.	arrhenii (Lönnberg, 1917) 1, P. arrhenii (Lönnberg, 1917) 2.  nebulosus (Lorenz, 1917) 1, P. nebulosus (Lorenz, 1917) 2.  P. p. ibeanus (Thomas, 1910, Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 536) 2.
Ps	Pseudopotto martini: new genus proposed in 1996 34. Current data insufficient 68.	P. p. potto? 83.  Pseudopotto martini: new genus proposed in 1996

 

Vernacular names of lorises and pottos: English, French, German, others (countries of origin)
	(Sub-)species, form, subpopulation	English	French	German	Other vernacular names
	Asian lorises
L I	Slender lorises, genus Loris	Slender loris	Loris grêle	Schlanklori	India: Marathi: wanur-manushiya 24, Wanur-Maunshya 21. Deccani: Deccani and Hindustani: Sherminda 21, sharminda 24. Kannada: kada-papa, adavi-papa, mala-manushya, adavi-manushya. Coorgi: hunimunna, singhalika, kard-munishya, chinge-kule 24. Tamil (southern India): kattu-papa21, 29, Kadapapa (= "forest baby") 67, kattu-pullaye 21, 24., thevangu 24, 67, Kanarese: Kada-papa, Adavi-papa. Telegu: Arawe-papa. Deccani and Hindustani: Sherminda 21.  Sri Lanka: Tamil (Sri Lanka): thevangu, kadu-papa 29, kada papa (= "baby of the forest") 66. Telugu: arawe-papa, devanga-pilli. Sinhalese: unahapuluva, kalu-unahapuluva 29. Nama thevangu (because of a mark on its head resembling the religious symbol namam) 121.
L II a	L. t. tardigradus1 (proposition 1998: change into distinct species L. tardigradus64, 65). Including two phenotypically distinct-looking forms: see L II b, L II c.	Slender loris 1. Western Ceylon slender loris 18. Slender Loris of South-western Ceylon 14. Popular name: Ceylon sloth 18.			Sri Lanka: Sinhalese: Unahapuluva, Tamil: Thevangu 18.
L II b	Small form with the appearance of a shorter muzzle 15.
L II c	Small form with longer-looking muzzle / heart-shaped (L. t. grandis-like) face 15.
L II d	(L. gracilis zeylanicus: synonym?) 2, 14.
L III	(Loris lydekkerianus) Proposition 1998: species including all forms formerly known as Loris tardigradus subspecies with the exception of former L. t. tardigradus 64, 65.
L IV	Loris tardigradus malabaricus (Wroughton, 1917) 1 (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus malabaricus 64, 65)	Malabar slender loris 1.
L V	Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus (Cabrera, 1908) 1, (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus lydekkerianus64, 65).	Mysore slender loris 1. Mysore Loris 14.
L VI	Loris tardigradus nordicus(Osman Hill, 1933) 1 (proposition 1998: identical with / synonym of L. lydekkerianus grandis, 64, 65. L. lydekkerianus nordicus if distinctness is found?).	Northern Ceylonese slender loris 1.			Sri Lanka: Sinhalese: Unahapuluva; Kalu unahapuluwa; Tamil: Thevangu; Kada-papa 18.
L VII	Loris tardigradus grandis(Osman Hill and Phillips, 1932) 1 (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus grandis 64, 65).	Highland slender loris 1.  Popular name: Ceylon sloth 18.			Sri Lanka: Sinhalese: Unahapuluva; Kalu unahapuluwa 18, Kalu unahappuluwa 14; Tamil: Thevangu 18.
L VIII	L. tardigradus nycticeboides (Osman Hill, 1942) 1, (proposition 1998: change into L. lydekkerianus nycticeboides 64, 65).	(No English name found in literature; proposition: Horton Plains slender loris 15)
Nx	Nycticebus in general, lesser slow lorises included or species not mentioned				China: feng hou 122.
Np	Lesser slow lorises
Np I	Nycticebus pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907) 3, 1, 2, see also 38. (N. intermedius and other possible pygmaeus-like forms included).				Vietnam: Culi 79, Cu li lùn 149.
Np I b	N. pygmaeus (Bonhote, 1907) 4, distinguished from N. intermedius).	Lesser slow loris 12, pygmy slow loris 1		Zwergplumploris, Kleiner Plumplori 12
Np II	Synonym / proposed species:  Nycticebus intermedius (Dao, 1960) 4.	Middle slow loris 9		Mitterer Plumplori	China: jian feng hou 122.
Np III	Proposed species: Nycticebus sp. New species proposed 1997, possibly corresponding to N. intermedius 46, 47.
Np IV	(Nycticebus chinensis?New species proposed? Newspaper report, source and date unknown) 65.
N	Slow lorises(lesser slow lorises not included)	Slow loris.  Tailless macauco (Pennant 1781) 2.	Loris paresseux 2, 12.	Plumplori 2.	Hindi: sharimindi-billi 62, sharmindi billi 77; Hindustani: lajjar banar (= bashful monkey) or sharmindi billi (= bashful cat) 1, Bengali: lajjar; lajjawoti; banar 77; lajjar-banar, lajjowati-banar. Malay: kongkang, kera duku 29; kukang or oukang 1, Thailand: Ling-Long ("wind monkey") 62. Indonesia: kuskus 78.
N I	Nycticebus coucang bengalensis (new name proposed by Groves 1998: N. bengalensis 64, 65).  Includes N I b to N I d 2, 3; Osman Hill distinguished N I b from this form 1.				Vietnam: Cu li lón 149.
N I b	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. tenasserimensis  (Elliott, 1912) 1.	Tickell´s slow loris 1.
N I c	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. cinereus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) 1.
N I d	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. incanus (Thomas) 1
N II	Nycticebus coucang(Boddaert, 1784), (Proposition 1998: N. bengalensis distinct species, no longer included 2, 64).
N III	N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 2 (includes Nc III b-e; compare with Nc III b).	Malay slow loris 1, 2.
N III b	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) 1.
N III c	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. insularis (Robinson, 1917) 1.
N III d	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. natunae (Stone et Rehn, 1902) 1.
N III e	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. hilleri (Stone et  Rehn, 1902) 1.	Malay slow loris 1, 2.
N IV	N. c. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) 2; (including N IV b-d).
N IV b	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) 6 (only from Tawitawi Archipelago; compare with N IV).	Philippine slow loris 6.			Cocam 6, 128.
N IV c	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. borneanus (Nachtrieb, 1892;  Lyon, 1908) 1.	Bornean slow loris 1.			Dusun 1; tandaiandong 1; sennah 1; sesir 1.
N IV d	Synonym (subpopulation):  N. c. bancanus (Lyon, 1906) 1.
N V	Nycticebus coucang javanicus (E. Geoffroy, 1812) 1, 2, 3, 4, (new name proposed 1998: Nycticebus javanicus 64, 65).
	African forms
A I	Genus Arctocebus(formerly believed to consist of 1 species, A. calabarensis, compare with A II) 33.	Angwantibo 2, Golden potto 12.	Potto de Calabar 12; Potto doré 12, Pérodictique angwantibo 12.	Angwantibo, Bärenmaki 12.	Dwan 12.
A II	A. calabarensis(J.A. Smith, 1863) 33, 1, 2 (formerly regarded as subspecies A. c. calabarensis).	Calabar "potto" 1; Angwantibo 2; golden potto 2
A III	A. aureusDe Winton, 1902 33, 1, 2.	Southern golden potto 2.			In Gabon: Fang: Mese Tsere. Bakota: Koundé. Bakwélé: Sologov 93.
P I	Genus Perodicticus Bennett, 1831;  Perodicticus potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) (possibly including unrecognized species such as the proposed new genus Pseudopotto? See below).	Potto 12, Half-a-tail 12.	Pérodictique potto 12.	Potto	Aposou, Aposo, Awun, Iki, Orunoleu, Kikami, Shakami, Kabende 12.
P II	P. p. potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766) 2 (includes P II b - P II c).	Western or Bosman´s Potto 2.
P II b	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766) 1 (not including P II c).	Western or van Bosman´s Potto 1.
P II c	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. juju (Thomas, 1910) 1.	South Nigerian Potto 1.
P III	P. p. edwardsi (Bouvier, 1879) 2 (includes P III b - P III c).  Possibly including other species.				In Gabon: Fang: Awoun. Bakota: Ikoumama. Bakwélé: Dira 93.
P III b	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. edwardsi (Bouvier, 1879) 1.	Cameroon or Milne-Edwards´ Potto 1.
P III c	Synonym (subpopulation):  P. p. faustus (Thomas, 1910) 1.
P IV	P. p. ibeanus (Thomas, 1910) 2.	East African Potto 1, 2.
Ps	Pseudopotto martini: new genus proposed in 1996 34. Current data insufficient 68.	Tailed potto 81.