Heavy Loris

Origin

The heavy Loris (nycticebus coucang) is part of the family Lorisidae, order Primates.
It is a small ape, more precisely a primate that lives in the tropical forests of Asia, India, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia up to altitudes of 1300 meters.
It's also called the slow loris.

Food heavy Loris

When hunting the heavy Loris slowly approaches the prey until it gets close to it then sniffs it and with one movement rushes and grabs it.
His menu includes various small invertebrate animals, insects and their larvae, small animals, small birds, bird eggs, rodents, bats, and other animals.
Sometimes they supplement their food with flowers or fruits, tree resin or various plants. Even if it is an animal that saves energy when it comes to eating it uses it without restraint.
If necessary, it can lie down, holding with one" hand " the branch, and with the other catch insects on the fly. This ability is probably due to the richly vascularized limbs.

Heavy Loris appearance

The heavy Loris has a body length of 25-40cm and a weight of 1 kg.
The relatively small body is covered with a thick and soft brown fur on the back and sides, and on the front the chest and the inner part of the limbs beat to white.
The head and eyes are large and round. The tail is very small, it is only 1-2cm and because of the coat is almost invisible.
All limbs end with 5 fingers. In some species of Loris the limbs end with opposable fingers.

Nycticebus bancanus

Nycticebus bengalensis

Nycticebus borneanus

Nycticebus coucang

Nycticebus javanicus

Nycticebus kayan Munds

Nycticebus menagensis

Nycticebus pygmaeus

Nycticebus linglom-possibly extinct

Heavy Loris behavior

The heavy Loris is a nocturnal and solitary animal. He spends some of his time in the trees.
Being a slow and heavy animal, it uses its limbs to deftly climb trees.
The male has a very strong sense of territory. It marks with its urine a relatively large habitat that shows potential in terms of food that it protects from intruders.

Breeding heavy Loris

The only time these animals can be seen in groups is during the breeding season. When females are in estrus they can mate with several males. One female was seen during the breeding season being courted by 5 males.
After mating follows a long gestation period in females of about 6 months after which she gives birth to 1-2 cubs that she raises alone.
For 5-6 months he is breastfed after which he begins to consume what adults consume. The baby does not always go with the mother. Unlike the baby monkey that is carried everywhere, there are times when the Loris leave their baby on the branches of trees and go for food.
After 18-24 months the cub reaches sexual maturity and becomes independent.
The life expectancy of heavy Loris is 15-20 years in the wild, and 26 years in captivity.