The world's most endangered lorises and galagos
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's lorises and galagos
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides rondoensis | Rondo Bushbaby, Rondo Dwarf Galago | CR | decreasing |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides nyasae | Malawi Galago | DD | unknown |
| LORISIDAE | Nycticebus javanicus | Javan Slow Loris | EN | decreasing |
| LORISIDAE | Loris tardigradus | Red Slender Loris, Slender Loris | EN | decreasing |
| GALAGIDAE | Sciurocheirus alleni | Allen's Bushbaby, Allen's Galago, Allen's Squirrel Galago | LC | unknown |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides cocos | Kenya Coast Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Otolemur crassicaudatus | Garnett's Greater Galago, Greater Bushbaby, Greater Galago, Large-eared Greater Galago, Thick-tailed Bushbaby, Thick-tailed Greater Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides demidovii | Demidoff's Dwarf Galago, Demidoff's Galago, Dwarf Bushbaby, Dwarf Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Euoticus elegantulus | Elegant Galago, Elegant Needle-clawed Galago, Southern Needle-clawed Galago, Western Needle-clawed Bushbaby, Western Needle-clawed Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Sciurocheirus gabonensis | Gabon Allens Galago | LC | unknown |
| GALAGIDAE | Galago gallarum | Somali Galago, Somali Lesser Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Otolemur garnettii | Garnett's Greater Galago, Small-eared Galago, Small-eared Greater Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides granti | Grant's Dwarf Galago, Grant's Lesser Galago, Mozambique Lesser Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Galago matschiei | Eastern Needle-clawed Bushbaby, Eastern Needle-clawed Galago, Lesser Needle-clawed Galago, Matschie's Galago, Spectacled Galago, Spectacled Lesser Galago | LC | decreasing |
| GALAGIDAE | Galago moholi | Mohol Galago, South African Galago, South African Lesser Galago, Southern Lesser Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Euoticus pallidus | Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby, Northern Needle-clawed Galago, Pallid Needle-clawed Galago | LC | unknown |
| GALAGIDAE | Galago senegalensis | Lesser Bushbaby, Lesser Galago, Northern Lesser Galago, Senegal Galago, Senegal Lesser Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides thomasi | Thomas's Bushbaby, Thomas's Dwarf Galago | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides zanzibaricus | Matundu Dwarf Galago, Udzungwa Bushbaby, Zanzibar Bushbaby, Zanzibar Galago, Zanzibar/udzungwa Galago | LC | stable |
| LORISIDAE | Arctocebus aureus | Golden Angwantibo, Golden Potto | LC | unknown |
| LORISIDAE | Arctocebus calabarensis | Angwantibo, Calabar Angwantibo, Golden Potto | LC | unknown |
| LORISIDAE | Loris lydekkerianus | Gray Slender Loris, Grey Slender Loris, Highland Slender Loris | LC | decreasing |
| LORISIDAE | Perodicticus potto | Potto, Potto Gibbon | LC | stable |
| GALAGIDAE | Galagoides orinus | Amani Dwarf Galago, Mountain Dwarf Galago, Uluguru Bushbaby | NT | decreasing |
| LORISIDAE | Nycticebus bengalensis | Bengal Loris, Bengal Slow Loris, Northern Slow Loris | VU | decreasing |
| LORISIDAE | Nycticebus coucang | Greater Slow Loris, Slow Loris, Sunda Slow Loris | VU | decreasing |
| LORISIDAE | Nycticebus menagensis | Bornean Slow Loris | VU | decreasing |
| LORISIDAE | Nycticebus pygmaeus | Lesser Slow Loris, Pygmy Loris, Pygmy Slow Loris | VU | decreasing |
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Recent news about the loris family
Slow lorises sold openly, illegally in Indonesia
(04/03/2012) Defying Indonesian law, slow lorises are being sold openly in Jakarta markets for the underground pet trade, according to wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC. In the last two weeks, TRAFFIC has recorded fifty different individual slow lorises on sale in the Indonesian capital. "The openness of the slow loris trade highlights the fact that having one of the region’s best wildlife protection laws and promising to protect species is not enough—there must be stronger enforcement in Indonesia and the public should stop supporting the illegal wildlife trade," says Chris R. Shepherd, Deputy Regional Director of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, in a press release.
"Where's my mama?": campaign targets cruel slow loris pet trade [warning: graphic photo]
(03/20/2012) A new campaign by The Body Shop West Malaysia and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia attempts to raise awareness of the illegal slow loris pet trade. YouTube videos of "cute" pet slow lorises have raised demand for these endangered primates, but as the campaign highlights the pet trade is fueling slow loris deaths in the wild and cruel treatment, such as pulling out their teeth, to make them more desirable pets.
'Cute' umbrella video of slow loris threatens primate
(03/13/2011) A new video of a slow loris holding an umbrella in a pet store has been viewed nearly a million and a half times, yet such viral videos may imperil these 'cute' and endangered primates by encouraging an illegal and often cruel pet trade. "Most people who see them in this setting want one, too!" says Angelina Navarro-Montes, a graduate student at Oxford Brookes University who has conducted studies of the slow-loris Internet trade, told mongabay.com in 2009. "There is also a big misconception on [YouTube] and a lot of viewers think it’s perfectly legal to have them as pets."
lorises chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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