Gray Slender Loris

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name = Gray Slender LorisMSW3 Groves | pages = 122]


status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Participants of CBSG CAMP Workshop: Status of South Asian Primates | year = 2004 | id = 44722 | title = Loris lydekkerianus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Lorisidae
genus = "Loris"
species = "L. lydekkerianus"
binomial = "Loris lydekkerianus"
binomial_authority = Cabrera, 1908
synonyms =

The Gray Slender Loris ("Loris lydekkerianus") is a species of primate in the Loridae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species used to be considered as "Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus" but "Loris tardigradus" is now a separate species found in Sri Lanka.

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