Critically Endangered
Bangka Slow Loris
Nycticebus bancanus
Bangka Slow Loris is a loris in the family Lorisidae (order Primates) — Nycticebus bancanus, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Indonesia.
Appearance
It has a rhinarium (the moist, naked surface around the nostrils of the nose) and a broad, flat face with large eyes. N. Bancanus has distinct crimson red fur on its back, the facial markings (facemask) are light in color, and the upper edges of the dark rings around the eyes (circumocular patch) are diffuse, and not rounded or pointed like some of the other slow lorises from Borneo. The colored patched on the top of the head is diffused, the band of hair in front of the ears is narrow, and the ears are covered in hair.
The body length averages 258.05 mm (10.159 in).
Museum specimens of this animal had previously been identified as the Bornean slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis), first described by the English naturalist Richard Lydekker in 1893 as Lemur menagensis.
Range and habitat
N. Bancanus is found in southwestern Borneo, in the Indonesian provinces of West and South Kalimantan, as well as the island of Bangka. On Borneo, its range extends south of the Kapuas River and east towards—but not reaching—the Barito River. The Bangka slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to southwestern Borneo and the island of Bangka.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
As with other slow lorises, this arboreal and nocturnal species primarily eats insects, tree gum, nectar, and fruit and has a toxic bite, a unique feature among primates.
In crisis
It is primarily threatened by habitat loss and the illegal wildlife trade. Because that species has been divided into four distinct species, each of the new species faces a higher risk of extinction. Between 1987 and 2012, one-third of Borneo's forests have been lost, making habitat loss one of the greatest threats to the survival of N. Bancanus.
Bangka Slow Loris is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bangka Slow Loris, Wikidata item Q1385338. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
