Slow Loris is the common name for a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates making 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.
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Source Wikipedia: Slow loris
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1. Wikipedia: Slow loris
lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 326963
They are omnivores, eating small animals, fruit, tree gum, and other vegetation.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 326963
Their habitat is rapidly disappearing and becoming fragmented, making it nearly impossible for slow lorises to disperse between forest fragments; unsustainable demand from the exotic pet trade and fro
- Category: Fauna listed on CITES Appendix I
Lead, living organism
Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus Nycticebus.
system statement
Their habitat is rapidly disappearing and becoming fragmented, making it nearly impossible for slow lorises to disperse between forest fragments; unsustainable demand from the exotic pet trade and from traditional medicine has been the greatest cause for their decline.
Child Taxon Of: Nycticebus, Lead
Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus Nycticebus.
In Biome: Mangrove Forest, Habitat
Slow lorises range across tropical and subtropical regions and are found in primary and secondary rainforests, as well as bamboo groves and mangrove forests.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Nycticebus
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"canonicalName": "Nycticebus"
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