Family: Loridae (Lorisidae) 1.General Zoological Data More than
one species may be subsumed under this species which also has
been described to have several subspecies. This nocturnal animal
has very large eyes and is arboreal in its normal habitat; in
fact, it is very difficult to remove an animal from the branches
of trees because of its firm attachment by hands and feet. It is
often insectivorous but also eats fruit, leaves, eggs, nuts,
small mammals, lizards etc.; it is thus essentially omnivorous.
The species (or its subspecies) comes from Southern India and
mostly from Sri Lanka. These animals are distinctly slower than
galagos, and from their hands and feet they leave behind urinary
secretions that are species-specific. The female fetus of this
gravida 1 mother weighed 12.4 g and was covered with fine white
hair. Upon opening the chest the lung floated in formalin
solution. Adults weigh between 85 and 348 g according to Nowak
and Paradiso, 1983. 2. General Gestational Data Gestation lasts
about 122 day