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Slender loris - LORIS TARDIGRADUS
Possibly Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The word "Loris": "Loris" comes from an old Dutch word, "loeris," which means simpleton or clown.
Description: The slender loris is tail-less, with soft dense fur that is brown in color, with the underside silver-gray. The nose is pointed and the eyes are very large. The ears are round and prominent and hairless at the edge. The hands and feet are both good at grasping with the thumbs and big toes opposable. There are small flat nails on all digits except the second toe, which is reduced and has a specialized grooming claw. Length of head and body about 10 in; weight up to 12.3 oz.
Location: Southern India and Sri Lanka.
Habitat: Arboreal. Tropical forests, swampy forests, and woodlands.
Behavior: This is a nocturnal creature which spends the hours of daylight in tree hollows or among the branches of trees, curled up tightly with its head tucked between its hind legs, and its feet clinging to a branch. Its movements are very slow indeed. It spends the hours of darkness moving among the branches of trees hunting insects, geckoes, and lizards. It lives a solitary life and is territorial, soaking its hands and feet in its own urine so that it leaves a scent wherever it goes. This also helps it to find its way around as well.
Reproduction: A single offspring is born after a gestation period of about 6 months. At birth the young loris is covered with hair, and achieves independence from its mother after about a year.
Go to the Primates Page to learn more about the other man-like animals.
Go to the Index to compare the various lorises found in America Zoo.
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