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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.
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 ...
Monotremes have venomous spurs used to avoid predation [68] and slow lorises (Primates: Nycticebus) produce venom which appears to be effective at deterring both predators and parasites. [69] It has also been demonstrated that physical contact with a slow loris (without being bitten) can cause a reaction in humans – acting as a contact poison ...
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 ...
Jellyfish sting using microscopic cells called nematocysts, which are capsules full of venom expelled through a microscopic lance. Contact with a jellyfish tentacle can trigger millions of nematocysts to pierce the skin and inject venom. [9] Some hydrozoans, including the Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) Some sea anemones; Some corals
Slow lorises from southeast Asia produce a secretion from their brachial gland (a scent gland on the upper arm, between the axilla and elbow), that is licked and mixed with their saliva to form a toxin which may be used for defense.
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 ...
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 ...