Sunda Loris

Taxobox
name = Sunda LorisMSW3 Groves|pages=122]
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey "et al"|year=2000|id=14940|title=Nycticebus coucang|downloaded=12 May 2006]


image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Lorisidae
genus = "Nycticebus"
species = "N. coucang"
binomial = "Nycticebus coucang"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1785)

The Sunda Loris ("Nycticebus coucang") is a slow loris. This slow moving strepsirrhine primate has large eyes that point forward, and ears that are small and nearly hidden in the fur. Its tail is a mere stump.

The Sunda Loris is a diurnal and arboreal animal that prefers the tops of the trees.

There are three subspecies recognized:
* "Nycticebus coucang coucang"
* "Nycticebus coucang javanicus"
* "Nycticebus coucang menagensis"

ee also

*Venomous mammals

References