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Slender loris

Order : Primates
Family : Loridae
Species : Loris tardigradus

The Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) lives in India and Sri Lanka, where it feed on bird eggs, insects, lizards, fruits and leaves. It has very long, slender limbs, which give it its name. With its four way grip on each foot, it can even sleep, while holding onto branches. A group contains some adults and young, and the adults hunt during the night, while sleeping during the day. The Red Slender Loris is an endangered animal. It is often killed for its use in eye medicine by quacks. Habitat destruction as well as capturing for animal testing are also major threats. As it is with many species, its future dependends on human intervention and the protection of forest habitats

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Facts about the slender loris

strange but rather interesting looking creature, the enigmatic Slender Loris is shy and intelligent. (Full text)

A strange but rather interesting looking creature, the enigmatic Slender Loris is shy and intelligent. (Full text)

The Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal prosimian native to India and Sri Lanka. (Full text)

The slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a little known nocturnal prosimian inhabiting the forests of Sri Lanka and India south of the Tapti River (Roonwal and Mohnot 1977). (Full text)

Description: The slender loris is tail-less, with soft dense fur that is brown in color, with the underside silver-gray. (Full text)

The Slender Loris is a beautiful animal. (Full text)

The slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal prosimian[? (Full text)

Preliminary results show that the slender loris is more common in the natural (Full text)

Slender loris, Loris tardigradus, is a nocturnal (Full text)

The slender loris is about the size of a chipmunk, with (Full text)

The slender loris is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. (Full text)

The Slender Loris, Loris tardigradus is a noctural primate (related to monkeys). (Full text)

The related slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is, as the name implies, a stretched out version that looks a (Full text)

The slender loris is the size of a chipmunk. (Full text)

Loris tardigradus is restricted in distribution to 3 southern districts, while the other species, (Full text)

Of these, the Slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is found in Sri Lanka and (Full text)

The Slender loris is (Loris tardigradus) (Full text)