Tropical Wildlife. Jane Whitten

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      Lorises and Tarsiers

      The slow loris is very appropriately named. This small, nocturnal creature prowls around the lower and middle canopy of mature or disturbed forest in search of fruit, nestlings and other small animals. It climbs very deliberately and slowly, walking hand over hand along the branches, one limb at a time and is able to remain motionless for hours on end. When catching an insect, the slow loris stands on its hind feet and throws its body forward with surprising speed, grabbing the animal with both hands and dispatching it with a bite from its sharp teeth.

      Female lorises do not make nests, but give birth in the Open to a single young each year. The offspring is at first carried continuously, but is later parked on a branch for short periods while the mother hunts. The parents usually sleep close together and the young may be found clinging to either of them.

      Tarsiers can be found in all sorts of habitats including towns, mangrove forests, secondary forests and montane forests. These tiny primates, weighing no more than 135 g, have enormous eyes. Each eye weighs a little more than the whole brain, giving them excellent night vision for hunting. They catch beetles, cockroaches, ants, birds and sometimes snakes by leaping at them and pinning them down with one or both hands, often on the ground,

      Tarsiers are most active in the hour or so before dawn. The adults and their offspring head back to their sleeping sites in thickets among vine or fig tangles, or in tree holes, Just before retiring the family sings a complex call notifying all those with an interest in the matter that they are still alive and defending their one-hectare territory, the boundaries of which they will have marked out with drops of odoriferous urine during the night.

      Slow loris, Nycticebus coucang

      Slow loris, Nycticebus coucang

      Western tarsier, Tarsius bancanus

      Spectral tarsier, Tarsius spectrum

      Wild Cattle

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