nemof.org » cute http://www.nemof.org lost in the forest, dwelling with the badgers Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:22:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Slow Loris http://www.nemof.org/2009/06/24/slow-loris/ http://www.nemof.org/2009/06/24/slow-loris/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:54:15 +0000 nemof http://www.nemof.org/?p=19 The slow lorises are three species of loris and are classified as the genus Nycticebus. These slow moving strepsirrhine primates range from Borneo and the southern Philippines in Southeast Asia, through Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, India (North Eastern India, Bengal), southern China (Yunnan area) and Thailand. They are classified as vulnerable or endangered species, and are hunted for their large eyes which are prized for local traditional medicine. The Indonesian name, malu malu, can be translated as “shy one”. They are listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

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