The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures 27 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in) from head to tail and weighs between 599 and 685 g (21.1 and 24.2 oz). Like other slow lorises, it has a wet nose (rhinarium), a round head, small ears hidden in thick fur, a flat face, large eyes and a vestigial tail.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Considered venomous. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Slow loris (Nycticebus spp.) Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Nycticebus bengalensis — considered venomous
- Nycticebus menagensis — considered venomous
- Loris lydekkerianus
- Avahi laniger
- Pseudochirops archeri
- Caluromys lanatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Lorisidae
- Genus
- Nycticebus
- Species
- Nycticebus coucang
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