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Bangka Slow Loris

Nycticebus bancanus

Order
Primates
Family
Lorisidae
Genus
Nycticebus
IUCN status
CR
Distribution
Indonesia
Realm
Indomalaya

About this species

Range
Southwestern Borneo and Bangka Island

The Bangka slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate native to south-western Borneo and the island of Bangka. It was originally considered a subspecies or synonym of the Bornean slow loris, and was promoted to a full species in 2013 on the basis of museum specimens and photographs showing distinct facial markings. It is distinguished by crimson-red fur on the back, light-coloured facial features, and the shape and width of the stripes of its facial markings (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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CC-BY-SA-4.0 — Gunay M.E. — via Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata) (source)