Close-up of Sunda Slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) on a tree(01 of45)
Open Image ModalThe slow loris is any one of three species of loris classified in the genus Nycticebus. These slow moving Strepsirhini primates range from Borneo and the southern Philippines in Southeast Asia, through Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, India (North Eastern India, Bengal), southern China (Yunnan area), and Thailand.They are hunted for their large eyes, which are prized for local traditional medicine, leaving them on the endangered species list.Adult slow lorises range in size from 21 to 38 cm, depending on the species, and weigh up to 2 kilograms. (credit:Martin Harvey via Getty Images)
slow loris: nycticebus coucang reaching for flower(02 of45)
Open Image Modalslow loris: nycticebus coucang reaching for flower (credit:David Haring via Getty Images)
slow loris monkey(03 of45)
Open Image Modalslow loris monkey on tree (credit:warmer via Getty Images)
Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang). Borneo.(04 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris (Nycticebus coucang). Borneo. (credit:TOM MCHUGH via Getty Images)
Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) perching on tree(05 of45)
Open Image ModalRainforest dwelling creature ranging SE Asia. They are almost exclusively arborial and are particularly common in Malayan rainforest canopy. (credit:Martin Rogers via Getty Images)
Lesser Slow Loris(06 of45)
Open Image ModalLesser Slow Loris (credit:Frans Lemmens via Getty Images)
Slow loris (Nycticebus coucang)(07 of45)
Open Image ModalZoo animal (credit:John Giustina via Getty Images)
Portrait of slow loris(08 of45)
Open Image ModalPortrait of slow loris (credit:Jupiterimages via Getty Images)
Nocturnal Slow loris(Nycticebus)(09 of45)
Open Image ModalNocturnal Slow loris(Nycticebus) extend climb to other tree in real nature in forest in night time in Thailand (credit:kajornyot via Getty Images)
Loris(10 of45)
Open Image ModalLoris (credit:Roman38rus via Getty Images)
Slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) standing on twig, India, close-up(11 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow loris (Nycticebus coucang) standing on twig, India, close-up (credit:Anup Shah via Getty Images)
Nocturnal Slow loris(12 of45)
Open Image ModalNocturnal Slow loris(Nycticebus) on the tree in real nature (credit:kajornyot via Getty Images)
Slow loris, Nycticebus coucang, Sarawak, Borneo(13 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow loris, Nycticebus coucang, Sarawak, Borneo (credit:Mint Images - Frans Lanting via Getty Images)
INDONESIA-ENVIRONMENT-WILDLIFE(14 of45)
Open Image ModalAn Indonesia Nature Conservation Agency (BKSDA) official releases a Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris in Aceh on March 22, 2014, which was seized from the owner who treated it as a pet. The slow loris is threatened with extinction due to a growing demand in the exotic pet trade. AFP PHOTO / Chaideer MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
Indonesian Sanctuary Helps To Save The Slow Loris From Extinction(15 of45)
Open Image ModalBOGOR, INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 27: A slow loris sits in its cage at a sanctuary for the endangered animals which have been confiscated from individuals or markets which illegally sell them as pets on February 27, 2014 in Bogor, Indonesia. The Indonesian branch of International Animal Rescue, Yayasan YIARI, has a sanctuary in the mountains outside the city of Bogor with over two hundred confiscated slow loris\' which are popular as pets because of their enormous eyes and fluffy fur, but not only are they illegal, they are also the only known mammal with a venomous bite, so the traders clip or crush their teeth before selling which causes ill health. Many of the confiscated animals must be treated before they are released to the wild. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) (credit:Ed Wray via Getty Images)
Indonesian Sanctuary Helps To Save The Slow Loris From Extinction(16 of45)
Open Image ModalBOGOR, INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 27: A slow loris is treated by vets at a sanctuary for the endangered animals which have been confiscated from individuals or markets which illegally sell them as pets on February 27, 2014 in Bogor, Indonesia. The Indonesian branch of International Animal Rescue, Yayasan YIARI, has a sanctuary in the mountains outside the city of Bogor with over two hundred confiscated slow loris\' which are popular as pets because of their enormous eyes and fluffy fur, but not only are they illegal, they are also the only known mammal with a venomous bite, so the traders clip or crush their teeth before selling which causes ill health. Many of the confiscated animals must be treated before they are released to the wild. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) (credit:Ed Wray via Getty Images)
Indonesian Sanctuary Helps To Save The Slow Loris From Extinction(17 of45)
Open Image ModalBOGOR, INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 27: A slow loris is brought into the clinic to be treated by vets at a sanctuary for the endangered animals which have been confiscated from individuals or markets which illegally sell them as pets on February 27, 2014 in Bogor, Indonesia. The Indonesian branch of International Animal Rescue, Yayasan YIARI, has a sanctuary in the mountains outside the city of Bogor with over two hundred confiscated slow loris\' which are popular as pets because of their enormous eyes and fluffy fur, but not only are they illegal, they are also the only known mammal with a venomous bite, so the traders clip or crush their teeth before selling which causes ill health. Many of the confiscated animals must be treated before they are released to the wild. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) (credit:Ed Wray via Getty Images)
The albino Javan slow loris(18 of45)
Open Image ModalThe Javan slow loris population is in sharp decline because of poaching for the exotic pet trade. It is also used in research associated with traditional medicine. (credit:irawansubingarphotography via Getty Images)
Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) adult hanging upside down feeding, captive, Duke University Primate Center, USA(19 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) adult hanging upside down feeding, captive, Duke University Primate Center, USA (credit:David Haring/DUPC via Getty Images)
Sunda Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang), Gunung Leuser National Park, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia(20 of45)
Open Image ModalSunda Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang), Gunung Leuser National Park, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia (credit:Visuals Unlimited, Inc./Thomas Marent via Getty Images)
Slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) on tree, Asia(21 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow loris (Nycticebus coucang) on tree, Asia (credit:Anup Shah via Getty Images)
Portrait close up of nocturnal Slow loris(22 of45)
Open Image ModalPortrait close up of nocturnal Slow loris(Nycticebus) on the tree in real nature in forest in night time in Thailand (credit:kajornyot via Getty Images)
Very close up portrait of nocturnal Slow loris(23 of45)
Open Image ModalVery close up portrait of nocturnal Slow loris(Nycticebus) on the tree in real nature in night time in Thailand (credit:kajornyot via Getty Images)
Close-up of a Sunda Slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) on a tree(24 of45)
Open Image ModalThe slow loris is any one of three species of loris classified in the genus Nycticebus. These slow moving Strepsirhini primates range from Borneo and the southern Philippines in Southeast Asia, through Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, India (North Eastern India, Bengal), southern China (Yunnan area), and Thailand.They are hunted for their large eyes, which are prized for local traditional medicine, leaving them on the endangered species list.Adult slow lorises range in size from 21 to 38 cm, depending on the species, and weigh up to 2 kilograms. (credit:Martin Harvey via Getty Images)
Slow loris(25 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow loris (credit:Jupiterimages via Getty Images)
Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) adult between trees, captive, Duke University Primate Center, USA(26 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) adult between trees, captive, Duke University Primate Center, USA (credit:David Haring/DUPC via Getty Images)
Slow Loris(27 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris (credit:TOM MCHUGH via Getty Images)
Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang), Thailand(28 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris (Nycticebus coucang), Thailand (credit:Visuals Unlimited, Inc./Thomas Marent via Getty Images)
slow loris: nycticebus coucang reaching for flower(29 of45)
Open Image Modalslow loris: nycticebus coucang reaching for flower (credit:David Haring/DUPC via Getty Images)
Slow loris(Nycticebus)(30 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow loris(Nycticebus) stair at us in real nature in forest in night time in Thailand (credit:kajornyot via Getty Images)
Wild Slow Loris Monkey in Male Hand Looking to Camera(31 of45)
Open Image ModalAnimal Right Concept, Wild Slow Loris Monkey in Male Hand Looking to The Camera (credit:jackritw via Getty Images)
Slow Loris face (Nycticebus coucang), Thailand(32 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris face (Nycticebus coucang), Thailand (credit:Visuals Unlimited, Inc./Thomas Marent via Getty Images)
Slow Loris(33 of45)
Open Image ModalSlow Loris (credit:TOM MCHUGH via Getty Images)
Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) infant clinging to branch, captive, Duke University Primate Center, USA(34 of45)
Open Image ModalPygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) infant clinging to branch, captive, Duke University Primate Center, USA (credit:David Haring/DUPC via Getty Images)
INDIA WILD LIFE(35 of45)
Open Image ModalA naturalist, Shyamantaram Phukon, holds a slow loris, an endangered species, which he recovered from villagers who caught it for meat at the Rani reserve forest, in Gauhati, India,Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The slow loris, the name given because of slow pace of its strides has no tail, is pygmy sized and sports two beautiful and large eyes but a toxic bite . The lorises belong to the ancient primate suborder Prosimii (\'before apes\') and are thus informally referred to as prosimians. This group split from the ape line long long ago and has been evolving separately ever since. The animal will be handed over to the zoo authorities Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
THAILAND(36 of45)
Open Image ModalA slow loris keeps eyes on a fly landing on its cage at a wildlife sanctuary center in Ratchaburi province, southwestern Thailand Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
INDIA WILDLIFE(37 of45)
Open Image ModalAn endangered Slow Loris looks on from an enclosure in the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 24, 2006. The Slow Loris was rescued by villagers of Chandrapur, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) east of Gauhati, and handed over to the zoo officials on Thursday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
INDONESIA FIRE(38 of45)
Open Image ModalA pet Slow Loris is held by an Indonesian girl after it was rescued from a fire wthat broke out at a densely populated neighborhood of central Jakarta, Monday, May 19, 1997. The fire left over 200 families homeless, no injuries were repored. (AP Photo/Anat Givon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
INDONESIA-CONSERVATION-ANIMAL(39 of45)
Open Image ModalIn this photograph taken on April 14, 2015, a member of Indonesia\'s Nature Conservation Agency (BKSDA) seizes an endangered slow loris from a pet owner in Banda Aceh in Aceh province as part of campaign to stop the illegal trade of wildlife. Slow lorises are listed as critically endangered primates by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to forest habitat loss in Indonesia and high demand in the illegal trade of wildlife. AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN via Getty Images)
INDONESIA-CONSERVATION-ANIMAL(40 of45)
Open Image ModalIn this photograph taken on April 14, 2015, a member of Indonesia\'s Nature Conservation Agency (BKSDA) seizes an endangered slow loris from a pet owner in Banda Aceh in Aceh province as part of campaign to stop the illegal trade of wildlife. Slow lorises are listed as critically endangered primates by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to forest habitat loss in Indonesia and high demand in the illegal trade of wildlife. AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN via Getty Images)
VIETNAM-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMALS(41 of45)
Open Image ModalThis picture taken on November 2, 2014 shows a visitor taking a photo of a caged \'pygmy slow loris\' displayed for sale at the weekly Sunday market in Bac Ha in the northern province of Lao Cai. The pygmy slow loris, which is also found in Laos, Cambodia and China, is seriously threatened by hunting, trade and habitat destruction, according to surveys. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HOANG DINH NAM via Getty Images)
VIETNAM-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMALS(42 of45)
Open Image ModalThis picture taken on November 2, 2014 shows a visitor taking a photo of a caged \'pygmy slow loris\' displayed for sale at the weekly Sunday market in Bac Ha in the northern province of Lao Cai. The pygmy slow loris, which is also found in Laos, Cambodia and China, is seriously threatened by hunting, trade and habitat destruction, according to surveys. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HOANG DINH NAM via Getty Images)
INDIA-SCIENCE-TRAIN-EXHIBITION(43 of45)
Open Image ModalA model of a Slow Loris - a large eyed primate - is installed inside a coach of the Science Express Biodiversity special train prior to its flag off in New Delhi on July 28, 2104. the Science Express is a unique science exhibition mounted on a 16-coach AC train and has been travelling across India successfully for the past six years. AFP PHOTO/Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PRAKASH SINGH via Getty Images)
VIETNAM-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMALS(44 of45)
Open Image ModalThis picture taken on November 2, 2014 shows a caged \'pygmy slow loris\' displayed for sale at the weekly Sunday market in Bac Ha in the northern province of Lao Cai. The pygmy slow loris, which is also found in Laos, Cambodia and China, is seriously threatened by hunting, trade and habitat destruction, according to surveys. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HOANG DINH NAM via Getty Images)
INDONESIA(45 of45)
Open Image ModalAn Indonesian animal keeper shows off a one-and-a-half-year old male albino Slow Loris (Nycticebus Coucang) in an Albino Animal Breeding Farm in Cinangka on the outskirts of Jakarta July 23. At least five species have been bred and prepared for sale domestically and abroad.\n\nEN/TAN (credit:Reuters Photographer / Reuters)