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Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) 
| Subject:  | Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus)  
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 san-diego-zoo          Images from the San Diego Zoo's excellent
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                        many different types of animals here, and a
                        few images of a sexual nature.
 
 
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 From: varecia@gte.net
 Date: Sun Jul 18 22:34:35 KST 1999
 File To Comment: animal2/SDZ_0123-Lemur.jpg
 
 This animal is a Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus). 
 It is a prosimian but is not a lemur, since lemurs are found
 in Madagascar and loris are found in Southeast Asia.  
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 Scientific Name:	Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Common Names:
 English	–	Red Slender Loris, Slender Loris
 French	–	Loris Grèle
 Spanish	–	Loris Fino
 Synonyms:	
 Loris ceylonicus Fischer, 1804
 Loris gracilis É. Geoffroy, 1796
 Loris zeylanicus Lydekker, 1905
 Taxonomic Notes:	This taxon formerly included Loris lydekkerianus, which has been recently been promoted to full species status. There is preliminary evidence for two additional subspecies in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka. The form nycticeboides is a taxonomic variant of tardigradus and not lydekkerianus. |  
 
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