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Lorisidae

Known as: Loridae, Lorises, bushbabies 
A family of Primates of the suborder Strepsirhini containing six genera. The family is distributed in parts of Africa, India, Asia, and the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2018
Review
2018
Sources of morbidity in lorises and pottos in North American zoos: A retrospective review, 1980-2010.
Delineating patterns of morbidity can reveal management practices in need of reassessment to improve individual welfare, as well… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
The conservation status of slow lorises Nycticebus spp. in Singapore
Historically, the greater slow loris Nycticebus coucang has proven to be an elusive animal in Singapore, evading even the… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Status of Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis (Primates: Lorisidae) in Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India
Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (GWLS) in the Jorhat District of Assam in northeastern India is rich in primate diversity with seven… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Cranial ontogeny, diet, and ecogeographic variation in African lorises
A series of 22 craniodental measurements were obtained for the three subspecies of potto (Perodicticus) and angwantibos… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Mitochondrial Control Region and Population Genetic Patterns of Nycticebus bengalensis and N. pygmaeus
Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) and pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus) are nocturnal which creates… 
2006
2006
Studies on the chromosomes of genusNycticebus
The karyotypes of three species (N. coucang, N. intermedius, andN. pygmaeus) of genusNycticebus, collected from the southern… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mother-Infant Interactions in Slow Lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) and Pygmy Lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus)
The study had three purposes: (1) to obtain information about mother-infant interactions in a rarely studied nocturnal prosimian… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Functional differentiation of long bones in lorises.
  • B. DemesW. Jungers
  • Folia primatologica; international journal of…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 46751234
The external dimensions of the limb bones and the geometry of their midshaft cross-sections were determined for Loris tardigradus… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Locomotion, limb proportions, and skeletal allometry in lemurs and lorises.
  • W. Jungers
  • Folia primatologica; international journal of…
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 46799556
The allometric patterns of postcranial scaling in lemurs (Lemuridae and Indriidae) and lorises (Lorisinae) are established and… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Social and Individual Behaviors in Captive Slow Lorises
Two groups of wild-born slow lorises were housed together in a semi-natural laboratory environment for 20 weeks. The animals are… 
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