Definition of Genus loris

1. Noun. Type genus of the Lorisidae.

Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Lorisidae, Lorisidae
Member holonyms: Loris Gracilis, Slender Loris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Loris

genus Loiseleuria
genus Loligo
genus Lolium
genus Lomatia
genus Lomogramma
genus Lonas
genus Lonchocarpus
genus Lonicera
genus Lophius
genus Lophodytes
genus Lopholatilus
genus Lophophora
genus Lophophorus
genus Lophosoria
genus Loranthus
genus Loris
genus Lota
genus Lotus
genus Lovoa
genus Loxia
genus Loxodonta
genus Loxoma
genus Loxostege
genus Lucilia
genus Lufengpithecus
genus Luffa
genus Lumpenus
genus Lunaria
genus Lunda
genus Lupinus

Literary usage of Genus loris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus loris. Body and limbs slender; no tail : eyes very large, almost contiguous; nose acute. NO. 29. LORIS GRACILIS. The Slender Lemur (Jerdon's No. n). ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"Furthermore, coucang being the first name proposed for the Slow Loris must be adopted for it. Geoffrey did not propose his genus Loris until 1796, ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... as also the next genus Loris. The body of this animal is stouter than that of the next to be described. Professor Mivart has pointed out that, ..."

4. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Flower on the brain of this species, PZS 1862, p. 103, and Trans. Zool. Soc. т. р. 103. Genus LORIS. 137. Loris gracilis, Geoffr. Slender Loris. Hab. ..."

5. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"... genus loris.—The Loris are characterised by a slender body, medium-sized limbs, short hairy ears, and particularly by the complete absence of a tail. ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"... it bears a certain resemblance to the Indian genus Loris, but is distinguished by its somewhat stouter aspect and its still more sluggish habits. ..."

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