lorisn.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːrɪs/, U.S.

/ˈlɔrəs/

Forms: Also lori, lory.

Etymology: < French loris (Buffon); said to be < Dutch †loeris booby, clown. Used as a modern Latin generic name (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796, in Mag. Encycl. I. 48).

a. A small arboreal primate of the genus so called, distinguished by grey or black fur, large eyes, and thin limbs, and found in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and southern India; also called slender loris.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae > genus Loris (slender loris)

loris1774

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 241 A little four-handed animal, of the Island of Ceylon, which Mr. Buffon calls the Lori.

1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 229 The Loris, commonly, Lazy Monkeys... The Slender Loris.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 133 The little loris, which..has acquired the name of the ‘Ceylon Sloth’.

1909 E. Protheroe Handy Nat. Hist. Mammals iii. 73 The Slender Loris is a small animal only eight or nine inches long.

1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates ii. 206 The Slender Loris is not a particularly successful animal in captivity owing to delicacy and irascible temper.

b. A larger primate of similar form but heavier build, belonging to the genus Nycticebus and found in south-east Asia; also called slow loris.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae > genus Nycticebus (slow loris)

slow-paced lemur1790

sloth1791

slow lemur1800

kukang1822

slow loris1824

loris1835

slow-paced loris1842

nycticebine1890

sloth-monkey1891

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 213 Loris... Monkey with a produced dog-like visage.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 81 The Slow Lemur... Synonyms... Loris. Buffon: the name given to it by the Dutch.

1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 229 The Loris, commonly, Lazy Monkeys... The Slow Loris.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 477 The lory, or sloth ape, so called from the excessive slowness of its movements.

1861 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 107 The Slow-paced Loris, or Kukang, is very similar in its habits to [the Slender Loris].

1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 245 Naturalists term him the Slow Loris or Kukang.

1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 692 The Gray Loris (Nycticebus cinereus).

1972 T. A. Vaughan Mammalogy vii. 119 Lorises occur in Africa south of the Sahara, in India, Ceylon, and South-east Asia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	loris
释义	lorisn. Brit. /ˈlɔːrɪs/, U.S. /ˈlɔrəs/ Forms: Also lori, lory. Etymology: < French loris (Buffon); said to be < Dutch †loeris booby, clown. Used as a modern Latin generic name (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796, in Mag. Encycl. I. 48). a. A small arboreal primate of the genus so called, distinguished by grey or black fur, large eyes, and thin limbs, and found in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and southern India; also called slender loris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae > genus Loris (slender loris) loris1774 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 241 A little four-handed animal, of the Island of Ceylon, which Mr. Buffon calls the Lori. 1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 229 The Loris, commonly, Lazy Monkeys... The Slender Loris. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 133 The little loris, which..has acquired the name of the ‘Ceylon Sloth’. 1909 E. Protheroe Handy Nat. Hist. Mammals iii. 73 The Slender Loris is a small animal only eight or nine inches long. 1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates ii. 206 The Slender Loris is not a particularly successful animal in captivity owing to delicacy and irascible temper. b. A larger primate of similar form but heavier build, belonging to the genus Nycticebus and found in south-east Asia; also called slow loris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae > genus Nycticebus (slow loris) slow-paced lemur1790 sloth1791 slow lemur1800 kukang1822 slow loris1824 loris1835 slow-paced loris1842 nycticebine1890 sloth-monkey1891 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 213 Loris... Monkey with a produced dog-like visage. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 81 The Slow Lemur... Synonyms... Loris. Buffon: the name given to it by the Dutch. 1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 229 The Loris, commonly, Lazy Monkeys... The Slow Loris. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 477 The lory, or sloth ape, so called from the excessive slowness of its movements. 1861 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 107 The Slow-paced Loris, or Kukang, is very similar in its habits to [the Slender Loris]. 1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 245 Naturalists term him the Slow Loris or Kukang. 1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 692 The Gray Loris (Nycticebus cinereus). 1972 T. A. Vaughan Mammalogy vii. 119 Lorises occur in Africa south of the Sahara, in India, Ceylon, and South-east Asia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1774
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