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title: "Lori lento delle Filippine"
description: "Nycticebus menagensis — Mammiferi. The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/philippine-slow-loris
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lori lento delle Filippine

> Nycticebus menagensis — Mammiferi. The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines.

- Scientific name: *Nycticebus menagensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 455
- Wikidata: [Q2363029](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2363029)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74793](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74793)

## Names

- en: Philippine Slow Loris
- de: Philippinen-Plumplori
- es: Loris Perezoso de Kalimantan
- it: Lori lento delle Filippine

## Countries with the most observations

MY (341), ID (8), BN (4)

## Summary

The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines.  The species was first named as the Bornean slow loris in 1892, but lumped into the widespread Sunda slow loris (N. coucang) in 1952. However, it was promoted to full species status – again as the Bornean slow loris – based on molecular analysis in 2006.  In 2013, two former subspecies of the Bornean slow loris were elevated to species status, and a new species—N. kayan—was recognized…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_slow_loris

## Photo

![Lori lento delle Filippine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/philippine-slow-loris/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138534248

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/philippine-slow-loris?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).