Loris (disambiguation)
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Loris can refer to:
- LorisLorisLoris is the common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorisinae in family Lorisidae. Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, while Nycticebus is the genus for the slow lorises....
, common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorinae in family LorisidaeLorisidaeLorisidae is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and include the lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast Asia....
. - Loris, South CarolinaLoris, South CarolinaLoris is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,079 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Loris is located at ....
, a city in South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... - Loris, an early pen name for the writer Hugo von HofmannsthalHugo von HofmannsthalHugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal ; , was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.-Early life:...
- The animals in the subfamily Lorinae have lorisLorisLoris is the common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorisinae in family Lorisidae. Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, while Nycticebus is the genus for the slow lorises....
in their names:- slender lorisSlender lorisThe slender lorises are two species of loris native to India and Sri Lanka, the only members of the genus Loris:* the red slender loris, Loris tardigradus* the gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus...
es, in the genus Loris - slow lorisSlow lorisSlow lorises are a group of five species of strepsirrhine primates which make up the genus Nycticebus. Found in South and Southeast Asia, they range from Northeast India in the west to the Philippines in the east, and from the Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the south...
es, in the genus Nycticebus
- slender loris
- Loris, a rock band from Glasgow, Scotland
- Loris AzzaroLoris AzzaroLoris Azzaro was a French fashion designer. He was born in Tunisia from Sicilian parents and came to Paris to set up his cloth and perfume lines in 1962. By 1968 his business was a huge success. He was well known for making glamorous party dresses for the elite of French society. Often his...
, French fashion designer - Loris CampanaLoris CampanaLoris Campana was a road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics, alongside Marino Morettini, Mino de Rossi and Guido Messina.-References:...
, Italian road bicycle and track cyclist - Loris CapirossiLoris CapirossiLoris Capirossi is a retired Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who competed between and...
, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer - Loris CeroniLoris CeroniLors Ceroni is a musician/record producer who resides in Riolo Terme, Ravenna, Italy. He was educated at Pesaro's Conservatoire where he earned a degree in the contrabass....
, Italian record producer - Loris FacciLoris FacciLoris Facci is a breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the 2007 World Championships. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
, Italian breaststroke swimmer - Loris KesselLoris KesselLoris Kessel was a racing driver from Switzerland. He was born in Lugano and died in Montagnola following a long illness.He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 May 1976...
, Swiss racing driver - Loris ReggianiLoris ReggianiLoris Reggiani is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the Aprilia factory racing team...
, Italian motorcycle racer
See also
- Lory (disambiguation)
- Lorry (disambiguation)
- Lori (disambiguation)