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The slow loris is a nocturnal primate native to Southeast Asia. There are at least eight valid species of slow lorises. Like other members of the family Lorisidae, slow lorises have a toxic bite.

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The slow loris is a nocturnal primate native to Southeast Asia. There are at least eight valid species of slow lorises. Like other members of the family Lorisidae, slow lorises have a toxic bite.

Slow Loris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates which make up the genus Nycticebus. Found in Southeast Asia and bordering 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris
Venomous Slow Loris May Have Evolved To Mimic Cobras - Popular Science

What's slow, fuzzy, and deadly like a cobra? The slow loris, of course! Researchers are arguing that these endangered Asian primates evolved to mimic venomous snakes.
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/venomous-slow-loris-may-have-evolved-mimic-cobras
BBC Nature - Slow Lorises Videos, News and Facts

Slow lorises are a group of primates from southeast Asia and possess a very rare trait for a mammal - a toxic bite.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Slow_loris
Nycticebus javanicus (Javan Slow Loris) - IUCN

Find information and population statistics about the Javan Slow Loris from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39761/0
Loris - Primate Group - Britannica

Any of about eight species of tailless or short-tailed South and Southeast Asian forest primate s. Lorises are arboreal and nocturnal, curling up to sleep by day.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/loris-primate-group
Loris - Slow and Slender, They Like Gum - FactZoo

Loris may move slowly or creep although they can move quickly to grab prey with their long arms and big eyes.
http://www.factzoo.com/mammals/loris.html
Pet Slow Loris Tickling Videos Are Torture, Claims New Animal Charity Campaign

Those videos of people tickling their pet slow lorises are ADORABLE right?You might not think so for much longer. A UK charity is now campaigning to reveal the horrifying cruelty behind the trade
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/09/pet-slow-loris-tickling-videos-torture-animal-charity-campaign_n_7544348.html
Are Slow Lorises Really Venomous? - Primatology

Slow loris by Frans Lanting. Photo from The Guardian. I must say, the idea of venomous primates never crossed my mind. While venomous species do exist in mammals,Â it is much more common in insects, reptiles and fishes.
https://primatology.net/2010/10/19/are-slow-lorises-really-venomous/

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Slow lorises

Sunda slow loris Nycticebus coucang
Conservation status
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Lorisidae
Subfamily:	Lorinae
Genus:	Nycticebus É. Geoffroy, 1812^[1]
Type species
Tardigradus coucang^[2] Boddaert, 1785
Species
N. bancanus Lyon, 1906 N. bengalensis (Lacépède, 1800) N. borneanus Lyon, 1906 N. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) N. hilleri Stone & Rehn, 1902 N. javanicus É. Geoffroy, 1812 N. kayan Munds, Nekaris & Ford, 2013 N. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) †N. linglom Mein & Ginsburg, 1997

Distribution of Nycticebus and Xanthonycticebus red = X. pygmaeus; blue = N. bengalensis; brown = N. bancanus, N. borneanus, N. coucang, N. javanicus, N. kayan & N. menagensis
Synonyms^[4]^[5]
Tardigradus Boddaert 1784: (preoccupied) Loris É. Geoffroy 1796 Lori Lacépède 1799 Stenops Illiger 1811 Bradycebus É. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier 1820: (nomen nudum) Bradylemur de Blainville 1839

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Slow Loris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates which make up the genus Nycticebus. Found in Southeast Asia and bordering 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris
Venomous Slow Loris May Have Evolved To Mimic Cobras - Popular Science

What's slow, fuzzy, and deadly like a cobra? The slow loris, of course! Researchers are arguing that these endangered Asian primates evolved to mimic venomous snakes.
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/venomous-slow-loris-may-have-evolved-mimic-cobras
BBC Nature - Slow Lorises Videos, News and Facts

Slow lorises are a group of primates from southeast Asia and possess a very rare trait for a mammal - a toxic bite.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Slow_loris
Nycticebus javanicus (Javan Slow Loris) - IUCN

Find information and population statistics about the Javan Slow Loris from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39761/0
Loris - Primate Group - Britannica

Any of about eight species of tailless or short-tailed South and Southeast Asian forest primate s. Lorises are arboreal and nocturnal, curling up to sleep by day.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/loris-primate-group
Loris - Slow and Slender, They Like Gum - FactZoo

Loris may move slowly or creep although they can move quickly to grab prey with their long arms and big eyes.
http://www.factzoo.com/mammals/loris.html
Pet Slow Loris Tickling Videos Are Torture, Claims New Animal Charity Campaign

Those videos of people tickling their pet slow lorises are ADORABLE right?You might not think so for much longer. A UK charity is now campaigning to reveal the horrifying cruelty behind the trade
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/09/pet-slow-loris-tickling-videos-torture-animal-charity-campaign_n_7544348.html
Are Slow Lorises Really Venomous? - Primatology

Slow loris by Frans Lanting. Photo from The Guardian. I must say, the idea of venomous primates never crossed my mind. While venomous species do exist in mammals,Â it is much more common in insects, reptiles and fishes.
https://primatology.net/2010/10/19/are-slow-lorises-really-venomous/

Slow lorises

Sunda slow loris Nycticebus coucang
Conservation status
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Lorisidae
Subfamily:	Lorinae
Genus:	Nycticebus É. Geoffroy, 1812^[1]
Type species
Tardigradus coucang^[2] Boddaert, 1785
Species
N. bancanus Lyon, 1906 N. bengalensis (Lacépède, 1800) N. borneanus Lyon, 1906 N. coucang (Boddaert, 1785) N. hilleri Stone & Rehn, 1902 N. javanicus É. Geoffroy, 1812 N. kayan Munds, Nekaris & Ford, 2013 N. menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) †N. linglom Mein & Ginsburg, 1997

Distribution of Nycticebus and Xanthonycticebus red = X. pygmaeus; blue = N. bengalensis; brown = N. bancanus, N. borneanus, N. coucang, N. javanicus, N. kayan & N. menagensis
Synonyms^[4]^[5]
Tardigradus Boddaert 1784: (preoccupied) Loris É. Geoffroy 1796 Lori Lacépède 1799 Stenops Illiger 1811 Bradycebus É. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier 1820: (nomen nudum) Bradylemur de Blainville 1839

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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The slow loris is a nocturnal primate native to Southeast Asia. There are at least eight valid species of slow lorises. Like other members of the family Lorisidae, slow lorises have a toxic bite.

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