Originally documented in 1937, there have been only four known encounters in the past 72 years, and for more than 60 years until 2002 the sub-species had been believed to be extinct.
Reports from the 1960s suggest that it once also occurred in the coastal zone, however it is now thought to be extinct there. The red slender loris differs from its close relative the gray slender loris in its frequent use of rapid arboreal locomotion.
Originally documented in 1937, there have been only four known encounters in the past 72 years, and for more than 60 years until 2002 the sub-species had been believed to be extinct.
The sub-species was rediscovered in 2002 by a team led by Anna Nekaris in Horton Plains National Park.
Other threats include electrocution on live wires, road accidents and capture for the pet trade. == Conservation == The red slender loris was identified as one of the top-10 "focal species" in 2007 by the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) project. One early success has been the rediscovery of the virtually unknown Horton Plains slender loris (Loris tardigradus nycticeboides).
The late 2009 capture by a team working under the Zoological Society of London's EDGE programme has resulted in the first detailed physical examination of the Horton Plains sub-species and the first-ever photographs of it.
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