Description
English: “Snapped in this photograph is an infant (4 months approx.) Slender loris Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus perching atop a lantana shrub during our field survey of this highly elusive and shy nocturnal species. This ‘Endangered’ arboreal species now exist in highly fragmented landscapes along the Eastern ghats range of India threatened primarily, by sheer ignorance of their existence, inefficient management of their habitat and extensive loss of their habitats. The behavior illustrated in this snap is termed,‘parking’ wherein Infants lorises are stationed, sometimes communally, by mother at cryptic locations termed, ‘parking spots’ as they depart to catch insect preys for their hungry offsprings.”
Date 23 July 2010, 15:37:15
Source BMC Ecology image competition 2014: the winning images. BMC Ecology 2014, 14:24 https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-014-0024-6
Author Sayantan Das (University of Mysore)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slender_loris_parked_on_lantana_shrub.jpeg
The gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) is a species of primate in the family Loridae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. |
