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pygmy slow loris

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Also known as: Nycticebus pygmaeus
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  • Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang)
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    …the pygmy slow loris (N. pygmaeus), is restricted to forests east of the Mekong River and is about 25 cm (10 inches) long. The larger Sunda slow loris N. coucang inhabits Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This species and other members of the genus, which occur…

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    …the pygmy slow loris (N. pygmaeus), is restricted to forests east of the Mekong River and is about 25 cm (10 inches) long. The larger Sunda slow loris N. coucang inhabits Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This species and other members of the genus, which occur…

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