The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a nocturnal, arboreal strepsirrhine primate native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures 27 to 38 centimetres from head to tail and weighs between 599 and 685 grams, with a wet nose, round head, flat face, large eyes and a vestigial tail. It prefers evergreen rainforest with continuous dense canopy, feeds on sap, nectar, fruit and arthropods, and has a very low metabolic rate. After a gestation of 192 days the female usually bears a single young. The species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN, driven by the exotic pet trade and habitat loss, and sits on CITES Appendix I.
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The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
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The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Sunda slow loris (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
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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
533 Nycticebus coucang Lorisidae 40 30 10 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 803.5 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, Activity-Nocturnal
533 Nycticebus coucang Lorisidae 40 30 10 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 803.5 Ref_117 1
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Conservation status
According to the 2020 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment, the Sunda slow loris was evaluated as endangered.
Habitat
The Sunda slow loris is found in continuous canopy tropical rainforests.
Conservation
Severe habitat loss and degradation over large areas of its range have caused large population declines, even though the species is more adaptable to anthropogenic habitats than other primates in the region.
Conservation, cites appendix
In June 2007 it was transferred from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I, indicating a true concern about the state of international trade in this species, an act now forbidden by international law.
Threats
It is threatened with extinction due to a growing demand in the exotic pet trade, and has become one of the most abundant primate species on sale at Indonesian pet markets.
Relationship to people
It is threatened with extinction due to a growing demand in the exotic pet trade, and has become one of the most abundant primate species on sale at Indonesian pet markets.
Description
It measures 27 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in) from head to tail and weighs between 599 and 685 g (21.1 and 24.2 oz).
Distribution
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
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The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
Child Taxon Of: Nycticebus, Taxonomy
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
In Ecosystem: Forest, Distribution and habitat
The Sunda slow loris is found in continuous canopy tropical rainforests.
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