What’s in the name, Slow Loris, the animal must be some boring old thing, but no wait this animal is not so boring because even the dullest sounding things are amazing.

The Slow Loris is in adulthood at the largest 10 to 15 inches in length. The Slow Loris also reaches a weight of 13 ounces (4.4 pounds) entering adulthood. This animal’s fur is very thick and is of medium length with wooly texture. The color this Loris is varies widely in selection.

The Nycticebus Coucang has some interesting facts about it. The Slow Loris as a pet in captivity can live twenty years! Also it is one of nine Loris species. The nine include such as the javan loris or the sunda loris. Finally the slow loris can release a toxic poison in a single bite that can cause paralyzation in enemies and prey.

The slow loris is sadly an endangered species under these facts. First the Loris in other countries is often hunted for its eyes or to be killed and smoked! Its eyes can be made into medicine or herbs. The Loris is also boiled into wine for medical porpoises too. Conservation habits for the slow lorises are that it is illegal to hunt them or to trade them.

Slow Lorises hunt lots of prey which include small birds, lizards, and small mammals but are also hunted by many predators too. Lorises are hunted by Asiatic Reticulated Pythons, Orangutans, and hawk eyed eagles. The slow loris is so small it is an easy target for these bigger animals and probably more.

The slow loris eats a variety of different things found in the wild. The Loris diet consists of tree sap, floral nectar, plant gums, and arthropods. Some lorises eat birds and lizards too. The loris will eat mammals too by biting them with their toxin and them paralyzing them.

This Loris and many others habitat range is in a wide area inside of Asia and out. Lorises live in the Philippians, the East Indies, and the southern part of Asia. Not only are they found in Asia but they are also found in the USA and Japan as pets but illegally.

The Nycticebus Coucang is plainly an interesting animal because of how small it is or maybe how people might think it is cute, perhaps how big its eyes are whatever the reason we must protect them. Seeing as how they are almost extinct we must care for them unless the world wants to live without this outstanding animal.

Author: Jeffrey B.
Date Published: 1/13

Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.zoo.org/
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