Conservation of slow lorises
Slow lorises are nocturnal strepsirrhine primates in the genus Nycticebus that live in the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. They are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation from deforestation, selective logging, and slash-and-burn agriculture. Despite being poor pets that are difficult to care for, a large number of slow Loris are traded as pets, both locally and internationally.
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Slow lorises are nocturnal strepsirrhine primates in the genus Nycticebus that live in the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. They are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation from deforestation, selective logging, and slash-and-burn agriculture, as well as by collection and hunting for the wildlife trade, including the exotic pet trade, and for use in traditional medicine and as bushmeat. All five species of slow loris are listed as either \”Vulnerable\” or \”Endangered\” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Traditional beliefs regarding slow lorise have been part of the folklore of Southeast Asia for at least several hundred years. Their remains are buried under houses and roads to bring good luck, and every part of their body is used intraditional medicine to make products ranging from love potions to unproven cures for cancer, leprosy, epilepsy, and sexually transmitted diseases. Despite being poor pets that are difficult to care for, a large number of slow Loris are traded as pets, both locally and internationally. Although it is illegal to import slow Lorises for commercial sale, they are popular exotic pets in their native range, Japan and parts of Europe. Hundreds of slowLorises have been confiscated at airports, but because they are easy to hide, these numbers are likely to be only a small fraction of the total number being trafficked. Connected protected areas are important for the conservation of slowlorises because these primates are not adapted to travel long distances on the ground.
The Javan loris is currently recognized as the native species on the Indonesian island of Java, whereas the Bornean loris can be found on Borneo Islands, Sulu Islands, and the Sulu islands. A bite causes a painful swelling and is mild and not typically fatal, although anaphactic reaction is possible, if necessary, if the bite is delivered in a bite to an aggressor. Slow loris are either solitary or live in pairs; the males are territorial with urine. Their diet consists of mollusks, small vertebrates, and small vertebrate, and when they bite they produce a volatile toxin that can be noxious, but is not usually fatal. They have a round face, woolly fur, a dark stripe down their back, and a tail that is reduced to a stump. Their head and body length ranges from 18 to 38 cm. Their hands and feet are strong and good at grasping and grasping long periods of time. They are slow and deliberate climbers and rarely come to the ground, and they are good at climbing tall trees. The males of some species have not bred much and have grown too old to reproduce, although some facilities, such as the San Diego Zoo, are doing well at some facilities. Zoo populations of the pygmySlowLoris is doing well, although the PygmyslowLoris has grown tooold to reproduce.
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