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{{Short description|Superfamily of primates}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| name             = Lorisiformes<ref name=mws3/>
| fossil_range     = {{Geological range|Eocene|present}}
| image            = Brown Greater Galago.jpg
| image_alt        = Brown greater galago ("Otolemur crassicaudatus")
| image_caption    = [[Brown greater galago]], ''Otolemur crassicaudatus''
| taxon            = Lorisoidea
| parent_authority = {{efn|name=Lemuriformes}}
| authority        = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]] 1821
| synonyms         = 
| synonyms_ref     = 
| subdivision_ranks= Families
| subdivision      = {{plainlist|
[[Galagidae]]<br/>
[[Lorisidae]]}}
}}
'''Lorisoidea''' is a [[Taxonomic rank|superfamily]] of [[nocturnal]] [[primate]]s found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the [[galago]]s and the [[Lorisidae|lorisids]].<ref name=NekarisBearder2011/>{{rp|pages=34–35}} As [[Strepsirrhini|strepsirrhines]], '''lorisoids''' are related to the [[lemur]]s of [[Madagascar]] and are sometimes included in the [[Taxonomic rank|infraorder]] [[Lemuriformes]],<ref name=CartmillSmith2011/>{{efn|name=Lemuriformes|The [[Monophyly|monophyletic clade]] containing the lemurs and lorisoids is widely accepted, but the name to be used for the clade is not yet agreed upon. The term ''Lemuriformes'' is used here since it derives from one popular taxonomy that clumps the [[clade]] of toothcombed primates into one [[Taxonomic rank|infraorder]] and the extinct, non-toothcombed [[Adapiformes|''adapiforms'']] into another, both within the [[Taxonomic rank|suborder]] ''Strepsirrhini''.<ref name=SzalayDelson1980/><ref name=Cartmill2010/> However, a popular alternative taxonomy places the ''lorisoids'' in their own infraorder, ''Lorisiformes''.<ref name=Hartwig2011/>{{rp|pages=20–21}} }} although they are also sometimes placed in their own infraorder, '''Lorisiformes''' <small>[[William King Gregory|Gregory]], 1915</small>.<ref name=NekarisBearder2011/>{{rp|page=38}}

== Classification ==
{{main|List of lorisoids}}

* Order [[Primate]]s
** Suborder [[Strepsirrhini]]
*** Infraorder †[[Adapiformes]]
*** Infraorder [[Lemuriformes]]{{efn|name=Lemuriformes}}
**** Superfamily [[Lemur]]oidea: lemurs
**** '''Superfamily Lorisoidea'''
***** Family [[Lorisidae]]: lorises, pottos, and angwantibos
***** Family [[Galagidae]]: galagos
** Suborder [[Haplorhini]]: tarsiers, monkeys, and apes

[[File:Sri Lankan Slender Loris 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Red slender loris]], ''Loris tardigradus'']]

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==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name=Cartmill2010>{{cite book |last1=Cartmill |first1=M. |year=2010 |title=Primate Neuroethology |editor1-last=Platt |editor1-first=M. |editor2-last=Ghazanfar |editor2-first=A. |chapter=Primate Classification and Diversity |pages=10–30, esp. p. 15 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-532659-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hv28p1tCnnEC&pg=PA15}}</ref>

<ref name=CartmillSmith2011>{{cite book |last1=Cartmill |first1=M. |last2=Smith |first2=F.H. |year=2011 |title=The Human Lineage |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=90 |isbn=978-1-118-21145-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X058kYnhxC0C&pg=PA89}}</ref>

<ref name=Hartwig2011>{{cite book |last1=Hartwig |first1=W. |editor1-last=Campbell |chapter=Chapter 3: Primate evolution |pages=19–31 |editor1-first=C. J. |editor2-last=Fuentes |editor2-first=A. |editor3-last=MacKinnon |editor3-first=K. C. |editor4-last=Bearder |editor4-first=S. K. |editor5-last=Stumpf |editor5-first=R. M |title=Primates in Perspective |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-539043-8}}</ref>

<ref name=mws3>{{MSW3 Primates|id=12100100|pages=121–127}}</ref>

<ref name=NekarisBearder2011>{{cite book |last1=Nekaris |first1=N.A.I. |last2=Bearder |first2=S.K. |chapter=Chapter 4: The lorisiform primates of Asia and mainland Africa: Diversity shrouded in darkness |title=Primates in Perspective |edition=2nd |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=C.J. |editor2-last=Fuentes |editor2-first=A. |editor3-last=MacKinnon |editor3-first=K.C. |editor4-last=Bearder |editor4-first=S. K. |editor5-last=Stumpf |editor5-first=R.M. |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-539043-8}}</ref>

<ref name=SzalayDelson1980>{{cite book |last1=Szalay |first1=F.S. |last2=Delson |first2=E. |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates |year=1980 |page=149 |publisher=[[Academic Press]] |isbn=978-0126801507 |oclc=893740473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jE7gBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA149}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Lorisoidea}}

{{Strepsirrhini|L.}}
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[[Category:Lorises and galagos|.]]
[[Category:Lemuriformes]]
[[Category:Mammal superfamilies]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]
[[Category:Taxa described in 1821]]


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