Pygmy Slow Loris

Pygmy Slow Loris

Taxobox
name = Pygmy Slow LorisMSW3 Groves|pages = 122-123]
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group|year=2000|title=Nycticebus pygmaeus|id=14941|downloaded=2006-08-29]
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Lorisidae
genus = "Nycticebus"
species = "N. pygmaeus"
binomial = "Nycticebus pygmaeus"
binomial_authority = Bonhote, 1907
The Pygmy Slow Loris ("Nycticebus pygmaeus") is a rare species of loris found in the tropical dry forests of Vietnam, Laos, China, and parts of Cambodia. About 72,000 of the creatures live in the wild, and approximately 200 are in captivity. [cite web | author = Maryann Mott | url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060731-baby-loris.html | title = Photo in the News: Baby Loris Beefs Up in Zoo Nursery | work = National Geographic | date = 2006-07-31 | accessdate = 2006-08-01]

This primate is a nocturnal animal and will eat fruit, insects, small mammals, slugs and snails. It can catch prey by licking a toxin that is released from the inside of its elbows and delivering the toxin via its teeth.

It is arboreal, crawling on branches, unnoticed as it quietly moves through the thick leaves of the subtropics. It lives together in small groups usually with 1-2 offspring.

Adults can grow to around 18-21cm long [cite web | title = Pygmy slow loris | url = http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/animals/mammals/pygmy-loris | work = Bristol Zoo Gardens | accessdate = 2006-08-01] and have virtually no tail. They weigh about 1 pound (450 grams)

It mates once every 12-18 months and will have 1-2 offspring after an average gestation period of 190 days. For the first few days, the young loris clings to belly of its mother. After 9 months the baby will be weaned and at that point the females will be at sexual maturity while the male reaches maturity between 17 to 20 months.

This loris was nearly wiped out during extensive burning, clearing and defoliating of forests in Vietnam during the Vietnam war.

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