Guardian: A new species of primate, a "big-eyed" and venomous slow loris, has been identified in Borneo by researchers. But the new loris is already under threat from the Asian pet trade in part because its "teddy-bear face" make it attractive for illegal poaching, the team of UK and US scientists said. Analysing the facial markings of slow loris in the Indonesia island, the researchers concluded that the nocturnal Nycticebus kayan is new to science, and two others that were previously considered sub-species...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/newly-discovered-slow-loris-species-borneo
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