Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: The Print
Context: A Gray Slender Loris was rescued by forest officials in North Goa.
About Gray Slender Loris:
The gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) is a small primate native to India and Sri Lanka that lives in subtropical and tropical forests.
Gray slender lorises are nocturnal hunters and foragers that use their large, forward-facing eyes to detect prey.
They are insectivores that eat mostly ants and termites, but also eat beetles, spiders, mollusks, and other small vertebrates.
The Gray Slender Loris is listed on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
