Nycticebus bancanus
Found on the island of Bangka and in the southwestern regions of Borneo, the Bangka Slow Loris is a small primate with a body length averaging 258.05 mm. It is a tree-dwelling creature of the night, easily identified by the crimson red fur covering its back and its light facial features. Unlike some related species, its dark eye patches have diffuse upper edges and do not reach below the cheekbones. It has a broad, flat face with large eyes and ears covered in hair.
These primates spend their lives in the trees, where they search for a diet of insects, fruit, nectar, and tree gum. They possess a unique defense among primates: a toxic bite. By mixing a secretion from a gland on their elbow with saliva, they produce a toxin used to deter predators or protect their infants during grooming. To keep their fur clean, they use a specialized row of lower teeth and a curved claw on each hind foot.
Survival for this species is increasingly difficult due to the rapid disappearance of its forest home. In the twenty-five years leading up to 2012, a third of the forests on Borneo vanished. On Bangka, the animals face further pressure from oil palm plantations and tin mining. Beyond habitat loss, they are frequently targeted for the illegal wildlife trade, driven by the use of their parts in traditional medicine and their popularity as exotic pets.
Written from the English Wikipedia article Nycticebus bancanus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Bangka Slow Loris as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.
Where and when you can expect to see Bangka Slow Loris is calculated from observation density. No zones have been computed for this species yet.