Sunda Slow Loris
Nycticebus coucang
Mammalia
ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 15-20 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Venom
- Status
- Endangered
About
The Sunda slow loris is a nocturnal primate from Southeast Asia whose enormous reflective eyes help it hunt insects in near-total darkness. It is one of the only venomous mammals on Earth, producing a toxic secretion from a gland on its elbow that it mixes with saliva to deliver a painful bite.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Lorisidae
- Genus
- Nycticebus
- Species
- Nycticebus coucang