title: Extreme primates: Ecology and evolution of Asian lorises.
abstract: Asia's slow and slender lorises (Nycticebus and Loris) are among nature's most extreme primates. Until recently, it was not understood why lorises have such huge forward-facing eyes, strange steady climbing locomotion, tiny dependent babies, and a bite that potentially can kill a human! Indeed, early studies described them as slow, solitary, and boring. Twenty years of field research now indicate that lorises are among the most intriguing mammal species.
authors.forename: K A I
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Nekaris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006702:Homing Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008142:Lorisidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D014059:Tongue / Q000033:anatomy & histology
keywords: Loris; Nycticebus; primate evolution; venomous mammal