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loris /ˈlɔːrɪs /noun (plural lorises)A small, slow-moving nocturnal Asian primate with a short or absent tail, living in dense vegetation.- Genera Loris and Nycticebus, family Lorisidae, suborder Prosimii: the slender loris (L. tardigradus) of South India and Sri Lanka, and the slow loris (genus Nycticebus, two species) of SE Asia.
Only in recent decades have prosimians - a suborder of primates that includes lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers - begun to be studied systematically....- Primate species are gibbons, langurs, lorises and macaques.
- However, some primates such as apes, spider monkeys, and lorises have morphological and behavioral specializations that may enhance efficiency during vertical climbing.
Origin Late 18th century: from French, perhaps from obsolete Dutch loeris 'clown'. Rhymes cantoris, Dolores |