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The Sunda slow loris eats insects that other predators avoid due to their repugnant taste or smell. [106] Preliminary results of studies on the pygmy slow loris indicate that its diet consists primarily of gums and nectar (especially nectar from Saraca dives flowers), and that animal prey makes up 30–40% of its diet. [127]
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures 27 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in) from head to tail and weighs between 599 and 685 g (21.1 and 24.2 oz).
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, western Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures 27 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in) from head to tail and weighs between 599 and 685 g (21.1 and 24.2 oz).
Populations of slow loris species, such as the Bengal and Sunda slow loris, are not faring well in zoos. [13] In 2011, the International Species Information System (ISIS) had only 11 and 53 specimens (respectively) on file from reporting zoos worldwide. [ 58 ]
Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae [1] (sometimes spelled Lorisinae [2]) in the family Lorisidae. Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises , Nycticebus is the genus containing the slow lorises , and Xanthonycticebus is the genus name of the pygmy slow loris .
Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates. Members of this superfamily are called lorisoids, and include lorises, angwantibos, pottos, galagos, and bushbabies. Lorisoidea is one of two superfamilies that form the suborder Strepsirrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates.
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