| interactions between a wild bornean orang-utan and a philippine slow loris in a peat-swamp forest. | all documented orang-utan-loris interactions have been from sumatra, where lorises were opportunistically preyed upon by orang-utans. in this paper, we describe two accounts of the bornean orang-utan (pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) interacting with the philippine slow loris (nycticebus menagensis). the interactions were by two adolescent female orang-utans. no attempts to catch the loris were observed on either occasion. neither interaction was hostile. during the second observation, which was more det ... | 2014 | 24781375 |
| taxonomy of the bornean slow loris, with new species nycticebus kayan (primates, lorisidae). | more species of nocturnal primates are now recognized than in the past, because many are cryptic species. subtle morphological disparities, such as pelage pattern and color variation, vocal cues, and genetics have aided in elucidating the number of diagnosable species in a genus. the slow lorises (genus nycticebus) once included only two species, but recent taxonomic studies resulted in the description of three additional species; further incompletely explored variability characterizes each of t ... | 2013 | 23255350 |
| three decades of philippine nonhuman primate studies: research gaps and opportunities for philippine primatology. | the philippines is considered a megadiverse country. however, there are few published studies on its nonhuman primate (nhp) species (carlito syrichta, macaca fascicularis, and nycticebus menagensis). understanding the nature and extent of existing nhp research in the philippines would help us to determine research gaps and opportunities. thus, studies on nhps of philippine origin were retrieved from online databases including google scholar, researchgate, primate lit, the integrated taxonomic in ... | 2020 | 32681352 |
| potential rediscovery of a distinct slow loris nycticebus (mammalia: strepsirrhini: lorisidae) from pulau tioman. | several slow loris (nycticebus) sightings have occurred on the island of pulau tioman, peninsular malaysia, from 2011 to 2018. records discussed here represent the first confirmed sightings and photographic evidence of nycticebus on tioman since its discovery in 1915, refuting presumptions that the tioman slow loris is extinct. although originally considered a subspecies of the sunda slow loris (nycticebus coucang), several morphological characteristics apparent in all observed individuals, incl ... | 2019 | 31129672 |
| a pinworm's tale: the evolutionary history of lemuricola (protenterobius) nycticebi. | lemuricola (protenterobius) nycticebi is the only pinworm species known to infect strepsirrhine primates outside africa, and the only pinworm species yet described in slow lorises. here, we provided a detailed morphological comparison of female and male worms, and a first description of fourth-stage larvae collected from free-living slow lorises (nycticebus menagensis) in sabah, malaysian borneo. using mitochondrial and nuclear markers, we also reconstructed the species' phylogenetic relationshi ... | 2019 | 30619706 |
| lurking in the dark: cryptic strongyloides in a bornean slow loris. | within host communities, related species are more likely to share common parasitic agents, and as a result, morphological similarities have led researchers to conclude that parasites infecting closely related hosts within a community represent a single species. however, genetic diversity within parasite genera and host range remain poorly investigated in most systems. strongyloides is a genus of soil-transmitted nematode that has been reported from several primate species in africa and asia, and ... | 2018 | 29988792 |
| hiding in the dark: local ecological knowledge about slow loris in sarawak sheds light on relationships between human populations and wild animals. | local ecological knowledge (lek) increases understanding of certain species and the threats they face, especially little-studied taxa for which data on distribution and conservation are often lacking. we conducted 111 semi-structured interviews in sarawak, malaysia, to collect local knowledge about the behavior and distribution of the philippine slow loris (nycticebus menagensis) from two ethnic groups, the iban and the penan. our study revealed that male penan respondents, generally hunters, wh ... | 2019 | 29213178 |