Philippine Slow Loris

A small, round-headed, slow-moving nocturnal primate with large forward-facing eyes and a distinctive dark stripe running down the back. Bornean populations genuinely are part of the same wide-ranging taxon (Nycticebus menagensis) found in the Sulu Archipelago of the southern Philippines — this is one Bornean loris lineage confirmed to span both areas, unlike the other Bornean slow loris species covered on this site, which do not extend beyond Borneo.

Moves with deliberate, careful climbing rather than leaping, and is the only primate known to produce a mild toxin (from a gland near the elbow, mixed with saliva) used defensively. Almost always found on spotlighted night drives, usually alone, moving slowly through low-to-mid canopy.