Slender loris
Loris tardigradus
This nocturnal primate spends the day curled up in a tight ball. It approaches prey slowly and stealthily, before reaching out and grabbing it with both hands.
Subspecies
Six.
Red Slender Loris, Loris tardigradus
Gray Slender Loris, Loris lydekkerianus ...
Slender loris (Loris tardigradus)
Gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus)
Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
Sangihe tarsier (Tarsius sangirensis)
Red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus)
Sclater's guenon (Cercopithecus sclateri) ...
The smallest is the slender loris (Loris gracilis) of the forests of Madras and Ceylon, a creature smaller than a squirrel.
Best known are the slender loris (Loris tardigradus), with an 8-in.-long (20-cm) body and very thin legs, and the slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), with a 16-in.-long (40-cm) body and short, thick legs.
Closely related to the true lemurs are the galagos or "Bushed baby" of South Africa; the potto of Africa; the slow loris and the slender loris of the Orient; the indri , the sifaka , and the mouse lemur of Madagascar; ...
Loris tardigradus (Red Slender Loris)
Macaca silenus (Lion-tailed Macaque)
Macaca sylvanus (Barbary Macaque)
Mandrillus leucophaeus (Drill)
Mandrillus sphinx (Mandrill)
Papio hamadryas (Hamadryas Baboon)
Saguinus midas (Red-handed Tamarin) ...
 See also: Loris, Lemur, Slow loris, Monkey, Sable
  
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