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Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus Nycticebus.Found in Southeast Asia and nearby areas, they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines in the east, and from Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the south.
The Kayan River slow loris (Nycticebus kayan) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the northern and central highland region of the island of Borneo. The species was originally thought to be a part of the Bornean slow loris ( N. menagensis ) population until 2013, when a study of museum specimens and ...
The Bangka slow loris (Nycticebus bancanus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to southwestern Borneo and the island of Bangka.Originally considered a subspecies or synonym of the Bornean slow loris (N. menagensis), it was promoted to full species status in 2013 when a study of museum specimens and photographs identified distinct facial markings, which helped ...
The pygmy slow loris as illustrated in Bonhote's 1907 description of the species. The pygmy slow loris was first described scientifically by J. Lewis Bonhote in 1907. The description was based on a male specimen sent to him by J. Vassal, a French physician who had collected the specimen from Nha Trang, Vietnam (then called Annam, a French Protectorate) in 1905. [5]
Slow lorises (of the genera Nycticebus and Xanthonycticebus [21]) are accepted as the only known venomous primate. [20] Slow loris venom was known in folklore in their host countries throughout southeast Asia for centuries, but dismissed by Western science until the 1990s. [20] There are nine recognised species of this small-bodied nocturnal ...
The Smithsonian Zoo Facebook post explains, "Slow lorises are the only venomous primate! Located in their arm glands, the venom—combined with enzymes in their saliva—can produce a painful bite ...
The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand has stepped in to rescue an abused Bengal slow loris who was likely used as a prop in tourist selfies.
Nycticebus borneanus, the Bornean slow loris, [3] is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to central south Borneo in Indonesia.Formerly considered a subspecies or synonym of N. menagensis, it was promoted to full species status in 2013 when a study of museum specimens and photographs identified distinct facial markings, which helped to differentiate it as a ...