Red slender loris: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the red slender loris live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red slender loris in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Sri Lanka

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 red slender loris endangered?

The red slender loris’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red slender loris?

The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Lorisidae, genus Loris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red slender loris

The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strephsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is No. 6 of the 10 focal species and No. 22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red slender loris (revision 1376408782), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q614947 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).