The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a nocturnal, arboreal strepsirrhine primate native to the western and central parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. It weighs between 565 and 687 grams, with a head-body length of about 293 millimetres, and a white diamond pattern on its forehead. It lives in primary and secondary forest, bamboo and mangrove forest and chocolate plantations from sea level to 1,600 metres, eating fruit, tree gum, lizards and eggs. Long treated as a subspecies of the Sunda slow loris, it is now a full species. The IUCN lists it as Critically Endangered, it is on CITES Appendix I, and it has been named among the world's 25 most endangered primates, threatened by poaching for the pet trade.
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The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central portions of the island of Java, in Indonesia.
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The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central portions of the island of Java, in Indonesia.
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Conservation status
For these reasons, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists its status as critically endangered, and it has also been included on the 2008-2010 list of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates".
Habitat
Its habitat includes primary and secondary forests, but it can also be found in bamboo and mangrove forests, and on chocolate plantations.
Conservation
The Javan slow loris population is in sharp decline because of poaching for the exotic pet trade, and sometimes for traditional medicine.
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It is protected by Indonesian law and, since June 2007, is listed under CITES Appendix I.
Threats
The Javan slow loris population is in sharp decline because of poaching for the exotic pet trade, and sometimes for traditional medicine.
Relationship to people
The Javan slow loris population is in sharp decline because of poaching for the exotic pet trade, and sometimes for traditional medicine.
Description
The Javan slow loris weighs between 565 and 687 g (1.25 and 1.51 lb) and has a head-body length of about 293 mm (11.5 in).
Behaviour
Like other lorises, the Javan slow loris is nocturnal and arboreal, relying on vines and lianas.
Distribution
The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central portions of the island of Java, in Indonesia.
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The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central portions of the island of Java, in Indonesia.
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The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central portions of the island of Java, in Indonesia.
In Ecosystem: Forest, Lead
Its habitat includes primary and secondary forests
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