Sumatran slow loris
| Sumatran slow loris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Lorisidae |
| Genus: | Nycticebus |
| Species: | N. hilleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Nycticebus hilleri | |
The Sumatran slow loris (Nycticebus hilleri) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to Sumatra.
While this species used to be considered a junior synonym of the Sunda slow loris, it is now recognized by the IUCN as a full species. This species is named after Hiram M. Hiller Jr., who collected the holotype of this species while exploring the East Indies in 1901.