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Pygmy slow loris

Order : Primates
Family : Loridae
Species : Nycticebus pygmaeus

 

The Lesser slow loris, pygmy loris, pygmy slow loris is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the pygmy slow loris

The pygmy slow loris is in the Primate (Full text)

Nycticebus pygmaeus is about 8 in. (Full text)

The pygmy slow loris is rare, with a total population estimated (Full text)

(Nycticebus pygmaeus) is arboreal and nocturnal, eating mainly (Full text)

1. Nycticebus, genus Nycticebus -- (a genus of Lorisidae)
Nycticebus
genus Nycticebus
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