The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Prosimians

Gray Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus)

The range of this species extends throughout southern India and Sri Lanka.

Four subspecies recognised:

L. l. malabaricus
L. l. lydekkerianus
L. l. nordicus - photo by @EmperorTamarin



L. l. grandis

 

Sunda Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang)

The range of this species extends from southern Thailand, throughout peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, into Sumatra and the surrounding Indonesian islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias

 

Javan Slow Loris (Nycticebus javanicus)

The range of this species is restricted to western and central Java.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Vision

 

Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)

The range of this species extends from Bangladesh and eastern India in the west, throughout Indochina and southeast China, as far south as peninsular Thailand.

Monotypic.

Photo by @TeaLovingDave

 

Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast China in the north, into eastern Indochina as far south as southeast Cambodia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @bongowwf

 

Philippine Slow Loris (Nycticebus menagensis)

The range of this species is restricted to the northern and eastern coastline of Borneo, along with the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias

 

Bangka Slow Loris (Nycticebus bancanus)

The range of this species is restricted to southwestern Borneo and the island of Bangka.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Bornean Slow Loris (Nycticebus borneanus)

The range of this species is restricted to south-central Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @mstickmanp

 

Kayan River Slow Loris (Nycticebus kayan)

The range of this species is restricted to the northern and central highlands of Borneo.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Not a bad showing for members of the Lorisidae, all things considered but I reckon there is still potential for more taxa to be represented in the gallery! Currently we are lacking the following species:

Golden Angwantibo Arctocebus aureus
East African Potto Perodicticus ibeanus
Milne-Edwards' Potto Perodicticus edwardsi
Red Slender Loris Loris tardigradus
Bangka Slow Loris Nycticebus bancanus
Kayan River Slow Loris Nycticebus kayan

 

GALAGIDAE



This family comprises 22 extant species across five genera:

Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus elegantulus
Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Euoticus pallidus

Senegal Bushbaby Galago senegalensis
Mohol Bushbaby Galago moholi
Somali Bushbaby Galago gallarum
Dusky Bushbaby Galago matschiei

Angolan Dwarf Galago Galagoides kumbirensis
Zanzibar Bushbaby Galagoides zanzibaricus
Grant's Bushbaby Galagoides granti
Malawi Bushbaby Galagoides nyasae
Uluguru Bushbaby Galagoides orinus
Rondo Bushbaby Galagoides rondoensis
Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby Galagoides demidovii
Thomas's Bushbaby Galagoides thomasi
Kenya Coast Galago Galagoides cocos

Brown Greater Galago Otolemur crassicaudatus
Silvery Greater Galago Otolemur monteiri
Northern Greater Galago Otolemur garnettii

Bioko Allen's Bushbaby Sciurocheirus alleni
Cross River Bushbaby Sciurocheirus cameronensis
Gabon Bushbaby Sciurocheirus gabonensis
Makandé Squirrel Galago Sciurocheirus makandensis

 

Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby (Euoticus elegantulus)

The range of this species extends from the Sanaga River in Cameroon to the Congo and Ubangui Rivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby (Euoticus pallidus)

The range of this species extends across the coastal regions of Cameroon and Nigeria, and Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea.

Two subspecies recognised:

E. p. pallidus
E. p. talpoti

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis)

The range of this species extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west, to Somalia and Ethiopia in the east and Kenya and Tanzania in the south.

Four subspecies recognised:

G. s. senegalensis - photo by @Michal Sloviak



G. s. braccatus
G. s. sotikae
G. s. dunni

 

Mohol Bushbaby (Galago moholi)

The range of this species extends across much of southern Africa, from northern Namibia and Angola in the west, to western Tanzania, Malawi and eastern Mozambique in the west, and northern South Africa in the south.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. m. moholi - photo by @ThylacineAlive



G. m. bradfieldi

 

Somali Bushbaby (Galago gallarum)

The range of this species is restricted to southern Ethiopia and Somalia, and northeast Kenya.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Dusky Bushbaby (Galago matschiei)

The range of this species is restricted to the Albertine Rift region of Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Angolan Dwarf Galago (Galagoides kumbirensis)

The range of this species is restricted to the Kumbira forest of west- central Angola.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Zanzibar Bushbaby (Galagoides zanzibaricus)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution of disjunct populations across eastern Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. z. zanzibaricus
G. z. udzungwensis

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Grant's Bushbaby (Galagoides granti)

The range of this species extends across coastal East Africa, from the Rufiji River in Tanzania, southwards to the Limpopo River in southern Mozambique.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.