Bengal Slow Loris

Nycticebus bengalensis

A slow-motion exit

The Bengal slow loris isn’t one for getting scared and running away. If danger threatens, the animal plays it cool: it fixes its eyes on the enemy and slowly, very slowly, ascends the tree. Unlike us humans, a loris’ thumb and index finger are on the opposite side of the hand to
the rest of its fingers. This allows it to keep a strong, secure grip when climbing.

Characteristics

  • Distribution

    Southeast Asia: India to Thailand

  • Diet

    Fruits, insects, spiders, lizards, birds and small mammals

  • Size

    approx. 38 cm

  • Weight

    max. 2 kg

  • Gestation period

    188 bis 192 days

  • Achievable age

    up to 25 years in human care

Did you know that ...

...slow lorises are one of the world’s few venomous mammals?
...its bite becomes venomous when its saliva mixes with
a toxic secretion from glands on its arms?

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