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MeSH Heading: Lorisidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.700.572
Unique ID: D008142
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008142
Scope Note: A family of Primates of the suborder Strepsirhini containing four genera. The family is distributed in parts of Africa and Southeast Asian. The four genera are: Arctocebus (angwantibos) and Perodicticus (pottos) in the subfamily Perodicticinae and Loris (slender lorises) and Nycticebus (slow lorises) in the subfamily Lorisinae. All are arboreal and nocturnal. Genus GALAGO is now classified in the family GALAGIDAE.
Entry Term(s): Angwantibos; Arctocebus; Genus Loris; Loris Genus; Loris, Slow; Lorisinae; Nycticebus; Perodicticinae; Perodicticus; Perodicticus potto; Pottos; Slender Lorises; Slow Lorises
Registry Number: txid9461
Related Numbers: txid261738; txid9467; txid9469; txid9471; txid9472
Previous Indexing: Prosimii (1975-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 81; NYCTICEBUS was NYCETIBUS 1981-92
History Note: 81; NYCTICEBUS was NYCETIBUS 1981-92
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/05/07
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Lorisidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2023