Lorises small, nocturnal primates in southern India and Sri Lanka. Animals of this type consists of six subspecies, which is easily distinguished from all other primates are larger, smaller eyes, thin legs and long body with only a tail. Can not jump, this ninja night and quietly moving. All small lorises could move as far as several kilometers per night, and have a home range of 1.5 to 10 ha-not small, considering that the various subspecies of various sizes 110-350 g.
The smaller of the two species, tardigradus Loris (Linnaeus, 1758), only found in the forests of Sri Lanka reduced. In 1960, Loris WC Osman Hill used as a symbol of Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, stating that it is the most mysterious animals and rarely seen creatures from the forest of Sri Lanka. Two subspecies of this taxon, L. t. tardigradus and L. t. nycticeboides, which is slightly better known today. The first long-term research of the red slender Loris, L. t. tardigradus, recently completed by Lilia Bernede Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. Continuing with this survey by Nekaris subspecies and the field assistants from the University of Ruhuna revealed that it was being threatened Read More
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