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Slow lorises have a toxic bite, a trait rare among mammals and unique among the primates. [7] The toxin is obtained by licking a sweat gland on their arm, and the secretion is activated by mixing with saliva .
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 ...
N. kayan is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris (known collectively as the genus Nycticebus), within the loris family ().Prior to 2013, museum specimens of this animal had been identified as the Bornean slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis), which had first been described by the English naturalist Richard Lydekker in 1893 as Lemur menagensis. [3]
Only a few modern mammal species are capable of producing venom; they are likely the last living examples of what was once a more common trait among the mammals. The definition of "venomous" becomes less distinct here, however, and whether some species are truly venomous is still debated. European mole (Talpa europaea)
The zoo explains on their Facebook post, "Slow clap for our Small Mammal House team, who welcomed a pair of pygmy slow loris babies March 21! They are the first of their endangered species born at ...
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.
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 ...
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. Slow loris likely used for selfies had his teeth clipped