Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis

Like all Lorises, the Bengal Slow Loris, also called Northern Slow Loris, is nocturnal, arboreal and endangered. It is native to northwest India, Bangladesh and Indochina. Until 2001, it was classed as a subspecies of the related Sunda Slow Loris. Lorises groom themselves with a "tooth comb" - their top front teeth are comb-like.

It is near extinction, suffering habitat destruction and hunting for food, exotic pet trade and traditional medicine. Slow Lorises are unusual for mammals in producing a poisonous toxin - the only primates to do so - by licking a gland on their arm and mixing the secretion with saliva. They spread it on their fur with their toothcomb.