Slender loris parked on lantana shrub

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Description: English: “Snapped in this photograph is an infant (4 months approx.) Slender loris Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus perching atop a lantana shrub during our field survey of this highly elusive and shy nocturnal species. This ‘Endangered’ arboreal species now exist in highly fragmented landscapes along the Eastern ghats range of India threatened primarily, by sheer ignorance of their existence, inefficient management of their habitat and extensive loss of their habitats. The behavior illustrated in this snap is termed,‘parking’ wherein Infants lorises are stationed, sometimes communally, by mother at cryptic locations termed, ‘parking spots’ as they depart to catch insect preys for their hungry offsprings.”. Date: 23 July 2010, 15:37:15. Source: BMC Ecology image competition 2014: the winning images. BMC Ecology 2014, 14:24 doi:10.1186/s12898-014-0024-6. Author: Sayantan Das (University of Mysore).