Loris is the common name for the wet-nosed primates of the subfamily Lorinae[1] (sometimes spelled Lorisinae[2]) in the family Lorisidae. Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, Nycticebus is the genus containing the slow lorises, and Xanthonycticebus is the genus name of the pygmy slow loris. Description
Lorises are nocturnal and arboreal.[3] They are found in tropical and woodland forests of India, Sri Lanka, and parts of southeast Asia. Their locomotion is a slow and cautious climbing form of quadrupedalism. Some lorises are almost entirely insectivorous, while others also include fruits, gums, leaves, and slugs in their diet.[4][page needed]
Lorises, like most strepsirrhines, have a special adaptation called a "toothcomb" in their lower front teeth, which they use for grooming their fur and even injecting their venom.[5]
Female lorises practice infant parking, leaving their infants behind in trees or bushes. Before they do this, they bathe their young with allergenic saliva that is acquired by licking patches on the insides of their elbows which produce a mild toxin that discourages most predators,[4] though orangutans occasionally eat lorises.
I only know because before my daughter switched to medicine in grad school, she earned 2 BS in both
Posted by Sia on July 18, 2025, 10:51 am, in reply to "It is an animal..." ADMIN
Zoology and Biology with a minor in Latin. So I learned all about every kind of animal and bird. Prior to university, she wanted to be a Herpetologist, so we "endured" learning every imaginable about reptiles and amphibians because she was so into that. LOL
Otherwise, like you, I would have thought the Loris was strictly a Dr. SEUSS thing.
on July 18, 2025, 12:05 am
