Two of the newest arrivals at London Zoo had their first health checks today.
A pioneering project uses water pipes suspended in the trees to allow the endangered primates to gather food in safety
Environmental resources The trafficking of environmental resources is a key challenge for some developing countries. Many emerging...
This report highlights 25 apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and other primates on the brink of extinction.
The gray and the red slender lorises are arboreal, nocturnal primates native to the forests and swamps of India and Sri Lanka.
Hey ya'll I write this in response to the viral videos of supposedly "cute" Slow Lorises that have been circulating the internet via Yo...
The six-week-old slow lorises stuffed into cages, had their teeth filed down and were suffering from dehydration as capturers stopped on their way to market
Their cuteness has led to slow lorises being plucked from their natural habitats in south-east Asia and traded for as much as £3,500. But how they are 'prepared' should shame anyone who owns one.
More than 60 spectacular specimens of monkeys, apes, lemurs, lorises and bushbabies will go on show at the National Museum of Scotland from 9 December. The taxidermy was specially commissioned for the exhibition and is the first to show primates behaving as if they were in the wild
Monkey, in general, any of nearly 200 species of tailed primate, with the exception of lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises. The presence of a tail (even if only a tiny nub), along with their narrow-chested bodies and other features of the skeleton, distinguishes monkeys from apes. Most monkeys have a
Due to budget cuts, Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo is permanently closing its Night Exhibit of nocturnal animals at the end of February. A few of the animals will stay at the zoo and be moved to different exhibits. The pygmy lorises and a slow loris will stay but will not be on public view. Unfortunately,…
RED SLENDER LORIS Loris tardigradus Geographic Distribution and Habitat The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus), locally named "thevangu", is an endemic primate species native to the beautiful island country of Sri Lanka, located just off the southern coast of India. As an endemic species, red slender lorises can only be found in Sri Lanka because of
GRAY SLENDER LORIS Loris lydekkerianus Geographic Distribution and Habitat The gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) is a small primate found in the forests of southern India and Sri Lanka.Gray slender lorises are prosimians—which means they are part of the oldest and most primitive group of primates—that are categorized into four subspecies: The Malabar slender loris
This primate evolution phylogenetic tree shows how common ancestors relate to species. The phylogeny of primates is depicted in the tree below. The traditional classification of primates into prosimians and anthropoids is included at the top of the phylogenetic tree for comparison. Tarsiers were previously classified with the prosimian lemurs and lorises, but they are now classified separately. This is because, as shown in this primate evolution phylogenetic tree diagram, tarsiers shared a more recent common ancestor with anthropoids than the other prosimians. Grab a copy of EdrawMax today to draw phylogenetic trees for your study.
primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, including more than 500 species, is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents (Rodentia) and bats (Chiroptera). Although there are some notable variations between some primate groups, they share several anatomic and functional characteristics reflective of their common ancestry. When compared with body weight, the primate brain is larger than that of other terrestrial mammals, and it has a fissure unique to primates (the Calcarine sulcus) that separates the first and second visual areas on each side
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, western Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. 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). Like other slow lorises, it has a wet nose (rhinarium), a round head, small ears hidden in thick fur, a flat face, large eyes and a vestigial tail. The Sunda slow loris is nocturnal and arboreal, typically occurring in evergreen forests. It prefers rainforests with continuous dense canopies and has an extremely low metabolic rate compared to other mammals of its size. Its diet consists of sap, floral nectar, fruit and arthropods. It will feed on exudates such as gum and sap by licking wounds in trees. The species is generally solitary; one study showed only 8% of its active time was spent near other individuals. Social behavior makes up a very small part of the activity budget, though it has monogamous mating system with the offspring living with the parents. It sleeps during the day, rolled up in a ball in hidden parts of trees above the ground, often on branches, twigs, palm fronds, or lianas. The species is polyoestrous, usually giving birth to a single offspring after a gestation period of 192 days. The young disperses between 16 and 27 months, generally when it is sexually mature. The species is listed as "Vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List. 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. Its teeth are often pulled out before being sold as pets which can result in infection and/or death, this process makes reintroduction to the wild impossible. It also suffers from habitat loss, which has been severe in the areas in which it is found.
