red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) Description
English: Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) from southwest Sri Lanka
Date 31 October 2007
Author Dr. K.A.I. Nekaris
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The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is #6 of the 10 focal species and #22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered. Order: Primates, Suborder: Strepsirrhini, Family: Lorisidae, Genus: Loris, Species: Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Subspecies:
Loris tardigradus nycticeboides (Hill, 1942)
Loris tardigradus tardigradus (L., 1758)