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SPECIES Nycticebus bengalensis

Author:Lacépède, 1800.
Citation:Tabl. Mamm. Oiseaux: 68.
Common Name:Bengal Slow Loris
Type Locality:India, Bengal.
Distribution:Assam (India) to Vietnam and S Thailand (Isthmus of Kra); Yunnan, perhaps Kwangsi (China).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Recognized as a full species by Groves (2001c).
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Synonyms:

    cinereus Milne-Edwards, 1867
    incanus Thomas, 1921
    tenasserimensis Elliot, 1913

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