slender loris

[ slen-der lawr-is ]

noun

1. any of a group of lorises of the genus Loris, found in India and Sri Lanka: the various subspecies belong to two known species, the slow-moving gray slender loris ( L. lydekkerianus ), a typically solitary forager, and the sometimes swift-moving red slender loris ( L. tardigradus ), one of the most social of all nocturnal primate species.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slender loris¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Several other discoveries are described in the same issue of Primate Conservation, including a new dwarf lemur in Madagascar, two new tarsiers in Indonesia, and two new sub-species of slender loris in Sri Lanka.

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The grey slender loris is found only in Sri Lanka and parts of India.

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The map, which can be split into finer levels of detail for each class of animal, has been made freely available so that conservationists working with endangered species, such as the red slender loris, may benefit from the data.

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The slender loris is native to India and Sri Lanka, where experts fear it is becoming extinct.

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The Montane slender loris lives in rainforests in India and Sri Lanka.

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