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 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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An eight-month-old slender loris waits for her first health check at the London Zoo.

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