Family LORISIDAE

(ANGWANTIBOS, POTTOS AND LORISES)

• Small prosimians with forelimbs and hindlimbs of similar length, rounded head, large eyes, small ears, opposable hands and feet, and vestigial tail.

• 20-50 cm.

• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions.

• Swamp, lowland, flooded, riparian, semi-evergreen, dry dipterocarp, and mid-elevation to montane forests and secondary and forest-edge, coastal scrub, woodland, and plantations.

• 4 genera, 12 species, 18 taxa.

• 2 species Endangered, 4 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.