Sunda Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang

Sunda Slow Loris
Sunda Slow Loris
Sunda Slow Loris
Like all Lorises, the Sunda Slow Loris, also called Greater Slow Loris, is nocturnal, arboreal and endangered. It is native to parts of Indonesia, the Malay Peninsula and part of Thailand (where it overlaps with the range of the Bengal Slow Loris).
Sunda Slow Loris
Sunda Slow Loris
Sunda Slow Loris
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. They are highly endangered, suffering habitat destruction, fragmentation and hunting for food, traditional medicine and the exotic pet trade (the last exacerbated by the high death rate in captivity).