Feared extinct, Bangka slow loris primate rediscovered in Indonesia

Tuoi Tre News21 October 2026, 06:36 UTCIndonesia

The Bangka slow loris is one of Earth's most exotic primates, a slow-moving tree dweller that happens to be venomous. It was listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct, last scientifically documented in the 1930s, but now has been rediscovered on the tropical Indonesian island of Bangka.

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