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red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus)
Subject: red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus)
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red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus)


Description
English: Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) from southwest Sri Lanka
Date 31 October 2007
Author Dr. K.A.I. Nekaris
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loris_tardigradus_tardigradus_001.jpg

The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is #6 of the 10 focal species and #22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered. Order: Primates, Suborder: Strepsirrhini, Family: Lorisidae, Genus: Loris, Species: Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Subspecies:
Loris tardigradus nycticeboides (Hill, 1942)
Loris tardigradus tardigradus (L., 1758)

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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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