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Definition of Slender loris
1. Noun. Slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slender Loris
Literary usage of Slender loris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"Under the third come two plates of Seba with long descriptions; the first
unquestionably refers to the slender loris, while, although the text to the second ..."
2. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"The slender loris, an equally curious creature, is only found in Southern India
and Ceylon. Its food consists entirely of insects, which it captures by ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson (1855)
"The slender Loris (Jig. 732.), as its name implies, is remarkable for the delicacy
of if a body ana" limbs; and is stated to be possessed 733 of great ..."
4. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"... the slender loris, and its colour has something of a chestnut tinge running
through it, although some specimens are nearly as grey as the slender loris. ..."
5. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"The slender loris is a small animal, measuring only nine inches in length, and
possessed of limbs so delicately slender, as to have earned for it the ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"The slender Loris (ßg. 732.), as its name implies, is remarkable for the delicacy
of its body and limbs ; and is stated to be possessed of great agility and ..."
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