The Slow Loris

The Slow Loris. Its tail is short to nonexistent but its dexterous hands with opposable thumbs and feet make climbing and hanging around in trees a. Our pygmy slow loris are trained to sit on scales so they can be weighed regularly as the species puts on weight very easily.

Have more vertebrae than other primates that. Why Arent Humans Naturally Nocturnal. Both face a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The slow loris is a nocturnal primate that has forward-facing eyes and human-like hands with an opposable thumb.

Significant loss of natural habitat and hunting is. A 1984 study of the Sunda slow loris found its diet was 71 fruit and gums and 29 insects and other animal prey. Without an understanding of the behaviour and physiology of slow lorises it is easy to assume that these slow loris pets are happy and enjoying being tickled and eating rice balls. The slow loris and why its endangered.