Red slender loris

Weight

227.7 g – 277 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15.9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

21.6 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

168 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.37src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 months – 12.5 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The red slender loris is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyLorisidae
6. genusLoris
7. SpeciesLoris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Arachnocebus lori, Lemur ceylonicus, Lemur tardigradus, Loris ceylonicus, Loris gracilis, Loris gracilis zeylanicus, Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides, Loris tardigradus nycticeboides, Loris tardigradus parvus, Loris tardigradus tardigradus, Loris zeylanicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Gray slender loris

Loris lydekkerianus

Lorisidae

CompareRed slender loris vs Gray slender loris

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@misc{red_slender_loris_2026,
  title = {Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-slender-loris},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}