Pygmy Slow Loris
Loris Awareness Week
The Duke Lemur Center is celebrating Loris Awareness Week! The Little Fireface Project started Loris Awareness Week this year, running September 16-22, to highlight these amazing little primates and their plight in the wild. Headed by Dr. Anna Nekaris, the Little Fireface Project promotes research of slow and slender lorises, produces educational content about...
New Additions to the DLC family
Mongooose lemur infant born 9 April, male, dam is Maddie, sire is Paco. Sister is Carolina. Group to free range in one our forest enclosures this summer hopefully! Pygmy slow twins born 9 April, male and female, dam is Sovanni, sire Pygmy Hunter who tragically passed away (peacefully in his...
Pygmy slow twins born 9 April, male and female, dam is Sovanni, sire Pygmy Hunter who tragically passed away (peacefully in his sleep of natural causes!) 4 April, never having the opportunity to meet his adorable twins.
But his legacy lives on!
-->Duke Lemur Center’s Dr. Zehr presents “the Lazy Loris Award”
June 24, 2011 by Sarah Zehr, PhD, Research Manager at the Duke Lemur Center We had three pygmy slow loris births in 2010 and now have a total of 10 animals of this species, yet not a single one was used in research in 2010. In this case, it may simply be attributable to the...
Overview
Pygmy slow lorises are one of three species of loris maintained at the Lemur Center (the others are slow loris and slender loris). All three of these species are members of the family Lorisidae which includes lorises, galagos and pottos and consists of 9 genera and 8 species found in Africa south of the Sahara,...
Feeding
The foraging strategy and dietary habits of the pygmy slow loris are not unlike those of its larger relative, the slow loris. The animal is a nocturnal feeder, preferring to search for all of its food items under cover of night. They are capable of moving faster than slow lorises. Individuals forage alone, and mothers...
Fact Sheet
Order: Primates; Suborder: Prosimii Superfamily : Lorisoidea; Family: Lorisidae Genus: Nycticebus; Species: pygmaeus Related Species The slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) lives in the same area, and is similar in behavior to the pygmy loris. Key Facts Adult Size : 0.8 – 1.0 pounds Natural Range : Vietnam, Laos, and parts of Cambodia Social life :...
Reproduction
The reproductive habits of the pygmy slow loris(LINK) are very similar to those of the slow loris. Mothers give birth every 12 to 18 months, producing small litters of one or two individuals after a 188-day gestational period. When first born, infants cling to their mothers’ bellies, but mother’s will “park” their infants on a...
Social Behavior
Like other loris species, pygmy slow lorises are nocturnal and arboreal. While they are considered to be solitary foragers, it is not uncommon for the territory of one male to overlap with that of several females. Males do not readily tolerate the presence of other males in their territory. This species is more active at...
Habitat/Conservation
While sympatric with slow lorises, pygmy slow lorises are confined to a somewhat smaller geographical area. They are found in the countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Where they do occur, members of this species are usually found in thick foliage deep in tropical rainforests. They are also sometimes found in bamboo groves. Sparse distribution,...
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