Image 1. Map of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (area in dark green), Assam, India

 

 

© Nabajit Das

 

 

Image 2. An adult Bengal Slow Loris in GWLS in a typical resting posture.

 

 

Video 1. Loris escaping from floodlight.

 

Video 2. Slow Loris licking sap.

 

 

Video 3. Auto grooming by Slow Loris.

 

 

Table1. Slow loris encounters in Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India

 

Indiv idual

Tree species with loris

Tree family

Perching

height

Geographic location

Animal activity

Time of sighting (hr)

1

Castonopsis indica

Fagaceae

12m

26°41’31" N - 94°20’59"E

Feeding

20

2

Magnolia hodgsonii

Magnoliaceae

10m

26°41’11" N - 94° 20’46"E

Feeding

2215

3

Duabanga sonneritoides

Lythraceae

12m

26°40’33" N - 94° 21’19"E

Moving

2215

4

Dipterocarpus retusus

Dipterocarpaceae

15m

26°40’44" N - 94° 21’29"E

Moving

35

 

 

Table 2: Bengal Slow Loris abundance rate in other areas

 

Study site

abundance estimate (individuals/km)

Surveyor

 

 

 

Phou Xang He, Laos

0.30 – 0.65

Duckworth 1994

 

 

 

Nakay-Nam Theun, Laos

0.04 – 0.08

Duckworth 1998a

 

 

 

Xe Piang, Laos

0.13–0.27

Duckworth et al. 1994

 

 

 

Muang Hom, Laos

0.10–0.21

Evans et al. 2000

 

 

 

Nam Kading, Laos

0.10–0.22

Do

 

 

 

Nam Ao, Laos

0.14–0.30

Do

 

 

 

Bang Navang, Laos

0.09–0.20

Do

 

 

 

Xe Namoy, Laos

0.40–0.87

Do

 

 

 

Assam, India

0.33 – 0.03

Radhakrishna et al. 2006

 

 

 

Trishna & Sepahijala WLSs,

 

 

Tripura, India

0.22

Swapna et al. 2008