Gray Slender Loris

child_taxa

Subspecies:: Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. lydekkerianus Cabrera 1908 Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. grandis Hill and Phillips 1932 Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. malabaricus Wroughton 1917 Subspecies Loris lydekkerianus subsp. nycticeboides Hill 1942

Order Primates

conservation

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered as L. tardigradus grandis, L. t. nyctoceboides (sic), and L. t. nordicus, Data Deficient as L. t. lydekkerianus and L. t. malabaricus.

Order Primates

discussion

Discussion: Separated as a species by Groves (2001 c); but still more than one species may be concealed under this name.

Order Primates

activity

Activity patterns. The Gray Slender Loris is nocturnal and arboreal, and it moves quadrupedally in trees. Although it can move slowly when threatened, it is generally silent and swift. It prefers to move on the top of branches. Gaps between branches are crossed by using horizontal bridging, whereby hindlimbs hold on to a substrate while forelimbs grab for the desired branch. Three limbs are usually holding a support branch when moving in a quadrupedal fashion. The Gray Slender Loris is capable of rapidly scaling a large tree trunk or scampering along other large substrates, although it prefers small supports that it can clasp firmly in its hands. It crosses roads and agricultural fields when necessary.

Lorisidae