Taxonomy of the Bornean Slow Loris, With New Species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-56

  Munds, Rachel A ^a   Nekaris, K A I ^b   Ford, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Morphology; Nycticebus bancanus; Nycticebus borneanus; Nycticebus menagensis; Sympatric, allopatric

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRYPSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PELAGE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORNEO; CLASSIFICATION; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; INDONESIA; LORISIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BORNEO; HAIR; INDONESIA; LORISIDAE; PIGMENTATION;

LORIDAE; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PRIMATES;

EID: 84871392995     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22071     Document Type: Article

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