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Wide-eyed, slow-moving and roughly the bulk of a small loaf of bread, pygmy lorises seem fairly unassuming at first glance. They spend their slow, nocturnal lives meticulously picking through the ...
For the first time, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) is celebrating the birth of two pygmy slow lorises, an endangered species. Small Mammal House keepers ...
Meet Memphis Zoo's venomous but adorable new addition: a ping pong ball-sized pygmy slow loris. The tiny primate, who has not yet been named, was born on Dec. 13 to Samper and Artemis at the ...
On December 7, 2024, a clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) was papped by a camera trap while strolling down a broad forest path.In its jaws, the leopard carried a Bengal slow loris by the nape of ...
Naga, a 3-year-old pygmy slow loris, had two newborn babies holding on to her. They’re the first of their endangered species born at the zoo, according to an announcement .
Professor Nekaris of Anglia Ruskin University, in England, established the Little Fireface Project to help the conservation of lorises and has published more than 300 scientific papers.
Photograph courtesy of the Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. Slow lorises are the only venomous primates, with venom produced in the glands of their upper arm. Though they do ...
The duo were pygmy slow lorises, a tree-dwelling primate species from Southeast Asia. Two pygmy slow loris babies were born Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute on March 21.
Slow lorises are the only known venomous primate in the world. Two of them now live at the Milwaukee County Zoo. They're an endangered species.
Ahead of International Slow Loris Day on September 13th, International Animal Rescue (IAR) is proud to share the remarkable outcomes of its partner ...