Sunda Loris

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Sunda Loris
Conservation status
Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Lorisidae Genus: Nycticebus Species: N. coucang
Binomial name
Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert, 1785)

The Sunda Loris (Nycticebus coucang) is a slow loris. This slow moving strepsirrhine primate has large eyes that point forward, and ears that are small and nearly hidden in the fur. Its tail is a mere stump.

The Sunda Loris is a diurnal and arboreal animal that prefers the tops of the trees.

There are three subspecies recognized:

• Greater Slow Loris, Nycticebus coucang coucang
• Bornean Slow Loris, Nycticebus coucang menagensis
• Nycticebus coucang javanicus

[edit] References

• Eudey et al (2000). Nycticebus coucang. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 122. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.