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Nycticebus coucang
Boddaert, 1785. Elench. Anim., p. 67.
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ORDER—PRIMATES
FAMILY—Loridae
COMMON NAME—Slow
loris.
DISTRIBUTION—India to Borneo and Philippines; records are from the
Sulu Archipelago only (Musser & Heaney, 1985; Timm & Birmey, 1980).
Specimen from Mindanao (Misamis Occidental [USNM]) probably is an error
(Fooden, 1991a). Reliable records from Bongao (UPLB), Sanga-sanga, Simunul,
Tawi-tawi (see Timm & Birney, 1992; Fooden, 1991a).
HABITAT—Primary and secondary lowland forest,
gardens, and plantations (Timm & Birney, 1992; Payne et al., 1985).
CITES: Appendix II.
STATUS—Widespread in Asia, but very limited in Philippines
(Dagosto & Gebo, 1995).
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R. Inger)
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