Philippine slow loris: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Philippine slow loris lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nycticebus menagensis
Group	Lorises, galagos & tarsiers
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Lorisidae

Where does the Philippine slow loris live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Philippine slow loris in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan, Brunei, Philippines.

Malaysia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Philippine slow loris endangered?

The Philippine slow loris’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Philippine slow loris?

The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Lorisidae, genus Nycticebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Philippine slow loris

The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. The species was first named as the Bornean slow loris in 1892, but lumped into the widespread Sunda slow loris (N. coucang) in 1952. However, it was promoted to full species status – again as the Bornean slow loris – based on molecular analysis in 2006. In 2013, two former subspecies of the Bornean slow loris were elevated to species status, and a new species—N. kayan—was recognized among the Bornean population.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Philippine slow loris (revision 1356938643), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2363029 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).