Slender LorisGeneric: L. tardigradus (Red Slender

Loris)

By: Mary VuFessenden

SchoolGrade 6 / Room

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Scientific Classification

Kingdom- Animalia

Phylum- Chordate

Class- Mammalia

Order- Primates

Family- Lorisidae

Genus- Loris

Diagram of Slender Loris body

size of chipmunk

long pencil-thin arms and legs

its in between 6-10 inches (arms)

(15-25 cm long) has small vestigial tail

Wight is about 10.5-12oz

Its head is small

Habitat

It lives in…

Asia

Africa

India/Sri Lanka

It’s located in the…

Tropical rainforest

Lives in the…

Trees

Shrubs

Life Cycle

Can produce a young twice a yearBreeding season occurs between April and May as well as between October and November.It gives birth to a litter of only 1 or 2 young

Diet

It likes to eat…InsectsYoung leavesFlower shootsEggsNestlingsHard fruit

Predators

HumansHumans are there predator because…

they’re bigger they can have control over them There also expanding so there which is causing the Slender Loris population to plummet.

Contribute to life Slender Loris eats bugs like…

cockroaches

eats plants like flower buds

it helps in the world because when they eat the bugs theirs less pest

Impact on the environment

Tropical rain forest, southern India in Sri Lanka they destroy the rain forest for woodthey take the plants because they need them but then the slender Loris needs food and there are a lot of them

What can be done to help the species survive?

Plant a new plant when they have taken a plant

Maybe take a little bit less once or twice a week

Stop catching the Slender Loris for pets

Fun Facts

Did you know…The Slender Loris are incapable of jumping even short distances, but they can bridge significant gaps in the trees with their long limbs. The Slender Loris are often referred to as “bananas on stilts.” Slender Loris main form of defence is to freeze until the danger passes.The slender Loris gets it name from its long slender limbs Did you know that it is killed for eye medicine

Websites

www.zsl.org

pursuit.com

suprmchaos.com

wikipedia.org

www.google.ca