Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
EndangeredMaximum longevity: 19.3 years (captivity) Observations: One captive specimen lived 19.3 years (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Encyclopedic overview
The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strephsirrhine 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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “red slender loris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.