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The Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal prosimian native to the rainforests of India and Sri Lanka. Two subspecies have been identified, L. t. tardigradus and L. t. nycticeboides;[1] both are endangered. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Genera Arctocebus Perodicticus Pseudopotto Loris Nycticebus Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. ...
Binomial name Loris tardigradus Linneaus, 1758 The Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal prosimian native to India and Sri Lanka. ...
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Physical description
This small, slender primate is distinguished with large forward facing eyes used for precise depth perception, long limbs, a well developed index finger, large ears and the absence of tail. Its body length on average is 7-10 in. (17.5-26 cm), with an average weight of a mere 3-13 oz.(85-350g). This loris has a four way grip on each foot. The big toe opposes the other 4 toes for a pincer like grip; this slender loris can even sleep holding onto branches. Its body has a dark grey colour with a sprinkling of silver hair. It has a dark face mask with central pale stripe, much like the slow lorises. Image File history File links Loris_tardigradus. ...
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Families 15, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ...
Genera Loris Nycticebus For other uses, see Loris (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Loris tardigradus Linneaus, 1758 The Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal prosimian native to India and Sri Lanka. ...
Species Nycticebus coucang Nycticebus bengalensis Nycticebus pygmaeus The slow lorises are three species of loris and are classified as the genus Nycticebus. ...
Behavior It forms small social groups, containing adults of both sexes as well as young animals. The groups gather several hours at a time during the day to sleep, undertake mutual grooming and play at wrestling. The adults typically hunt separately during the night. It eats insects, lizards, bird eggs, and occasionally other invertebrates, berries, leaves, and buds. It makes its own nests out of leaves or finds hollows of trees or a similar secure place to live in. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
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Reproduction Females are dominant. This is unusual for prosimians, and surprised researchers. The female reaches her sexual maturity at 10 months and is receptive to the male twice a year. This species mates while hanging upside down from branches; individuals in captivity will not breed if no suitable branch is available. The gestation period is 166-169 days after which the female will bear 1-2 young which feed from her for just 6-7 months. This loris has a life span of 12 to 15 years.
This slender loris is an endangered species. It is widely trapped and killed for use in supposed remedies for eye diseases and also for use as laboratory animals leading to reductions in wild populations. Habitat destruction is a major threat.[3]
Sir J. Emerson Tennent, who tells us that this animal has acquired the name of the "Ceylon sloth" in Ceylon, observes that "the singularly large and intense eyes of the loris have attracted the attention of the Singhalese, who capture the creature for the purpose of extracting them as charms and love-potions, and this they are said to effect by holding the little animal to the fire till the eyeballs burst. Its Tamil name is Thavangu, or 'thin bodied'; and hence a deformed child or emaciated person has acquired in the Tamil districts the same epithet. The light-coloured variety of the loris in Ceylon has a spot on the forehead, somewhat resembling the namam, or mark worn by the worshippers of Vishnu; and from this peculiarity it is distinguished as the Nama-thavangu."
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External links Wikispecies has information related to: Red Slender Loris - EDGE of Existence (Loris tardigradus and Loris lydekkerianus) - Saving the World's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species
- ARKive - images and movies of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus and Loris lydekkerianus)
- National Geographic - image of grey slender loris
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