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Lorisiformes
Fossil range: No information
Scientific classification

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Suborder

Strepsirrhini

Infraorder

Lorisiformes
Gregory, 1915

Families

  • Lorisidae
  • Galagidae



Lorisiformes are a group of primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members of this infraorder include the galagos and the lorises. As strepsirrhines, they are related to the lemurs and the Aye-aye, but it is currently unknown if the Aye-aye is more closely related to the lemurs, or represents a form ancestral to both Lemurifores and the Loriformes species.

  • ORDER PRIMATES
    • Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
      • Infraorder Lemuriformes
      • Infraorder Chiromyiformes
      • Infraorder Lorisiformes
        • Family Lorisidae: lorises
        • Family Galagidae: galagos
    • Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes

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