Bengal Slow Loris

Taxobox
name = Bengal Slow LorisMSW3 Groves|pages=122-123]
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Eudey "et al" | year = 2000 | id = 39758 | title = Nycticebus bengalensis | downloaded = 2007-04-03]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Lorisidae
genus = "Nycticebus"
species = "N. bengalensis"
binomial = "Nycticebus bengalensis"
binomial_authority = (Lacépède, 1800)

The Bengal Slow Loris ("Nycticebus bengalensis") is a species of 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. [cite journal | last = Radhakrishna | first = S | coauthors = Goswami A.B, Sinha A | date = 2006-08-02 | title = Distribution and Conservation of Nycticebus bengalensis in Northeastern India | journal = International Journal of Primatology | volume = 27 | issue = 4 | pages = 971–982 | issn = 1573-8604 | doi = 10.1007/s10764-006-9057-9 | accessdate = 2007-04-03] Traditional Japanese medicine has many uses for the Bengal Slow Loris, and it has been traded close to extinction. Countries such as Britain have now enacted bans on the trade of slow lorises or products derived from them. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20070603/ai_n19201441 UK joins slow loris trade ban | Independent on Sunday, The | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]

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