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Bengal slow loris

Mammals

The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), or northern slow loris, is the largest of the slow lorises, 26 to 38 centimetres long and weighing 1 to 2.1 kilograms, and has a wider range than any other: Bangladesh, northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China and Thailand. A nocturnal, arboreal primate of evergreen and deciduous forest, it eats mainly fruit with insects, tree gum, snails and small vertebrates, lives in small family groups and can live up to 20 years. It was treated as a subspecies of the Sunda slow loris until 2001. Listed as Endangered by the IUCN and on CITES Appendix I, it is taken for the pet trade and traditional medicine.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
Population Trend
Decreasing 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 2
Threats
Transportation and Service Corridors 2
Threats
Biological Resource Use 2
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Endangered 2
Body Size Band
Small 2
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Lifespan
20 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix I 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Nycticebus, Taxa
Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Forest, Ecosystems
Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Bangladesh

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
Cambodia

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
China

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
India

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
Laos

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
Myanmar

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
Thailand

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
Vietnam

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Source Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
Sources
1. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • MamFuncDat.txt, Diet columns
    535 Nycticebus bengalensis Lorisidae 40 30 10 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 1137.36 Ref_58 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, Activity-Nocturnal
    535 Nycticebus bengalensis Lorisidae 40 30 10 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Ref_2 D1 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 1137.36 Ref_58 1
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2. Bengal slow loris (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status
    Listed as "Data Deficient" as recently as 2006 on the IUCN Red List, the Bengal slow loris was evaluated in 2020 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as endangered-a decision based solely on habitat loss due to lack of sufficient field data.
  • Habitat
    It prefers rainforests with dense canopies, and its presence in its native habitat indicates a healthy ecosystem.
  • Conservation
    Wild populations have declined severely, and it is locally extinct in several regions.
  • Conservation, cites appendix
    The species has been listed in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, and in June 2007, it was transferred, along with all other slow loris species, to CITES Appendix I, which forbids international commercial trade.
  • Threats
    The species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List, and is threatened with extinction due to growing demand in the exotic pet trade and traditional medicine.
  • Threats, threats
    Slash and burn agriculture has also resulted in the destruction of its habitat, and road construction is another factor in its decline.
  • Relationship to people
    The species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List, and is threatened with extinction due to growing demand in the exotic pet trade and traditional medicine.
  • Relationship to people, relationship to people
    It is also hunted for food and suffers from habitat loss.
  • Description
    It is the largest species of slow loris, measuring 26 to 38 cm (10 to 15 in) from head to tail and weighing between 1 and 2.1 kg (2.2 and 4.6 lb).
  • Behaviour
    The Bengal slow loris can live up to 20 years.
  • Distribution
    The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
  • In Group: Primate Species, Lead
    The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
  • Child Taxon Of: Nycticebus, Taxonomy
    The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Bangladesh, Northeast India, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, southern China, and Thailand.
  • In Ecosystem: Forest, Behavior and ecology
    include evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforests with forest edges and continuous, dense canopies
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