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)