Map Notes. 1  Each point represents a people group in a country. 2  Colors âââââ are from the Joshua Project Progress Scale. 3  Points are best estimates, but should not be taken as exact.  Points represent the approximate center of a larger 1  area. Click any point for a popup with further people group details.
Slow lorises. Slow lorises are a group of primates from southeast Asia and possess a very rare trait for a mammal â a toxic bite. This provides defence from predators and mothers also protect their young by licking the toxin onto their fur. Slow lorises are perfectly adapted to life in the trees with special pincer-like hands and feet.
The families of the Loris iformes can be distinguished based largely on locomotor patterns. The Asian lorises and their close African relatives, the potto s and angwantibo s, are slow, deliberate climbers and creepers on forest branches. They are the size of domesticated cats. In contrast, the diminutive 8 inches (20 cm.) long African galagos, or bush babies, are agile hoppers--a single jump can be 6-7 feet (1.8-2.1 meters).