What is Lorisidae?
{{Taxobox | name = Lorises <ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=121-123|id=12100101}}</ref> | fossil_range = <br/>early Miocene{{ndash}}Recent | image = SlenderLorisLyd2.png | image_caption = [[Slender loris]] (''Loris'' sp.) | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | subordo = [[Strepsirrhini]] | infraordo = [[Lemuriformes]] | superfamilia = [[Lorisoidea]] | familia = '''Lorisidae'''}} '''Lorisidae''' (sometimes called '''Loridae''') is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[primate]]s. Its members resemble [[lemur]]s. They live in [[tree]]s, in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. Depending on the author, there are nine to eleven [[species]], in about five [[genus|genera]].<ref> Brandon-Jones D. ''et al'' 2004. Asian primate classification. ''International Journal of Primatology''. '''25''' (1): 100. [http://www.gibbons.de/main/papers/pdf_files/2004asianprimates.pdf]</ref> Genera are:<br>''[[Arctocebus]]''<br> ''[[Perodicticus]]''<br> ''[[Pseudopotto]]''<br> ''[[slender loris|Loris]]''<br> ''[[Nycticebus]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Lorisoidea]]