Red slender loris
The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is No. 6 of the 10 focal species and No. 22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered. Two subspecies have been identified, L. t. tardigradus and L. t. nycticeboides.
| Red slender loris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Lorisidae |
| Genus: | Loris |
| Species: | L. tardigradus |
| Binomial name | |
| Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Subspecies | |
| Red slender loris range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lemur tardigradus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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