The slender loris is native to India and Sri Lanka, where experts fear it is becoming extinct.
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While the slender loris is extremely rare, other types of loris thrive in parts of South Asia and South East Asia.
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"This is the first time we have been able to conduct such a close examination of the Horton Plains slender loris, " he said.
The golden-headed langur of Vietnam and China's Hainan gibbon are down to a few dozen and the Horton Plains slender loris of Sri Lanka has been spotted only four times since 1937.
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