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Sunda slow loris

Nycticebus coucang

名字的由來： It is named after the Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay Archipelago where it is found.1

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

有毒液的哺乳動物

咬吃：每樣都來一點

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The Sunda slow loris is a small, slow-moving primate with large eyes and a wet nose. It lives in the forests and rainforests of Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It is special because it produces a toxin in glands inside its elbows, which it spreads over its fur while grooming.1

分布在

Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore1

亞洲

首頁

It lives in evergreen forests and prefers rainforests with continuous dense canopies. It spends most of its life in trees, sleeping in a ball in branches or foliage above the ground.1

長度

27 cm 到 38 cm (10,6 in 到 1,2 ft)1

體重

599 g 到 685 g (1,3 lb 到 1,5 lb)1

最高速度

大約 2 km/h（1,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats phloem sap, floral nectar, fruit, gum and arthropods such as spiders and insects. It licks wounds on trees to feed on gum and also eats molluscs, including the giant land snail, and birds' eggs.1

Sunda slow loris 的照片 — Sunda slow loris。照片：David Haring / Duke Lemur Center。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Dark rings around its large eyes and a white nose with a whitish strip that runs up to the forehead1
A dark stripe that runs from the back of the head along the spine1
Soft, thick, woolly fur that ranges from light brown to deep reddish brown, with a lighter underside1
Measures 27 to 38 cm from head to tail, and weighs 599 to 685 g1
Moves slowly through trees on all four limbs, usually with three limbs attached to a support at a time1

常被誤認為： The Bengal slow loris is often confused with it. The Sunda slow loris has dark inverse teardrop markings around the eyes that meet the dark stripe on the back of the head, a more distinct white stripe between the eyes, and a browner coat. The Bengal slow loris is larger, greyer and shows less contrast.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

All slow loris species produce a toxin in glands on the insides of their elbows. The animal spreads this toxin over its body and onto its young using its toothcomb while grooming. The toxin is in its saliva-covered fur, and it can bite when threatened.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it can bite, roll into a ball to expose its toxic saliva-covered fur, or roll up and drop from the trees. Its main method of avoiding predators is hiding.1

如果牠咬人

把傷口徹底洗乾淨，並且就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 6 根香蕉一樣重

跟 12 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 180 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Sunda slow loris 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Sunda slow loris 大約 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its teeth are often pulled out before it is sold as a pet, which can cause infection or death. Without its teeth it cannot be released back into the wild.1

It has an extremely low metabolic rate compared with other mammals of its size.1

It mostly lives alone, with one study showing it spent only 8% of its active time near other individuals.1

It is one of the most abundant primate species on sale at Indonesian pet markets.1

破解迷思

迷思： It is a sloth.

真相： In 1770 a Dutch naturalist described a specimen as a type of sloth, but it is a primate, a strepsirrhine.1

給毒液專家

學名: Nycticebus coucang
類群: 有毒液的哺乳動物
家人: Lorisidae2
排序: Primates
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: It usually gives birth to a single offspring after a gestation period of 192 days. The young leave the family between 16 and 27 months, generally when they are sexually mature.1
牠在野外的狀況: Endangered1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3