Subspecies and Distribution. L.l.lydekkerianusCabrera,1908—S&EIndia(AndhraPradesh,Karnataka&TamilNadustates),foundinthedryforestsoftheEasternGhats. L.l.grandisHill&Phillips,1932—CSriLanka(CentralProvince);onlyknownfromtheEastMataleHillsbutprobablyoccursthroughoutthelowerfoothillsatanaverageelevationof900m. L.l.malabaricusWroughton,1917—SWIndia(Karnataka,Kerala&TamilNadustates),foundinthewetforestsoftheWesternGhatstoelevationsof1200m. L. l. nordicus Hill, 1933 — NC & E Sri Lanka throughout the lowland Dry Zone; it is uncertain if its distribution extends to SE Sri Lanka. in Lorisidae

Subspecies and Distribution. L.l.lydekkerianusCabrera,1908—S&EIndia(AndhraPradesh,Karnataka&TamilNadustates),foundinthedryforestsoftheEasternGhats. L.l.grandisHill&Phillips,1932—CSriLanka(CentralProvince);onlyknownfromtheEastMataleHillsbutprobablyoccursthroughoutthelowerfoothillsatanaverageelevationof900m. L.l.malabaricusWroughton,1917—SWIndia(Karnataka,Kerala&TamilNadustates),foundinthewetforestsoftheWesternGhatstoelevationsof1200m. L. l. nordicus Hill, 1933 — NC & E Sri Lanka throughout the lowland Dry Zone; it is uncertain if its distribution extends to SE Sri Lanka.Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Lorisidae, pp. 210-220 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.663264