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Undergraduate student primate species profiles

As part of an undergraduate assignment at Bournemouth University, research was carried out on a series of primates featured in the publications at LEAP. Read about some of these species profiles below! (Hold your cursor over a slide to pause)

Greater slow loris

Nycticebus coucang

The greater slow loris is a small, nocturnal primate, categorised as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List⁽¹⁾.

 

Greater slow lorises are predominantly arboreal and native to Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The species has a short snout and rounded head with dark brown patches around its large eyes.

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