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Index Pygmy slow loris

The pygmy slow loris (Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus) is a species of slow loris found east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia, and China.[1]

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  1. 134 relations: Agent Orange, Allergy to cats, Anacardiaceae, Anaphylaxis, Animal communication, Anna Nekaris, Annam (French protectorate), Apocrine, Arboreal locomotion, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Bengal slow loris, Breed registry, Breeding program, Buff (colour), Burseraceae, Cambodia, Canine tooth, Captive breeding, Cát Tiên National Park, Cúc Phương National Park, China, Chromosome, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, CITES, Colin Groves, Cytochrome b, D-loop, Dander, Defoliant, Deforestation, Duke Lemur Center, Estrogen, Estrous cycle, Euphorbiaceae, European Union, Evergreen forest, Fabaceae, Forest degradation, Founder effect, G banding, Generalist and specialist species, Genetic distance, Genetic diversity, Gummivore, Habitat destruction, Hòa Bình province, Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Ho Chi Minh City, Honolulu Zoo, Incisor, ... Expand index (84 more) »

  2. Fauna of Yunnan
  3. Slow lorises
  4. Taxa named by J. Lewis Bonhote

Agent Orange

Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides.

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Allergy to cats

Allergies to cats, a type of animal allergy, are one of the most common allergies experienced by humans.

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Anacardiaceae

The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species.

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Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis (Greek: ana- ‘against’ + phylaxis ‘guarding’) is a serious, potentially fatal allergic reaction and medical emergency that is rapid in onset and requires immediate medical attention regardless of the use of emergency medication on site.

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Animal communication

Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers.

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Anna Nekaris

Anna Nekaris is a British anthropologist and professor in primate conservation in the School of Law and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University.

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Annam (French protectorate)

Annam (alternate spelling: Anam), or Trung Kỳ, was a French protectorate encompassing the territory of the Empire of Đại Nam in Central Vietnam.

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Apocrine

Apocrine is a term used to classify the mode of secretion of exocrine glands.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Association of Zoos and Aquariums

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.

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Bengal slow loris

The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Pygmy slow loris and bengal slow loris are Fauna of Yunnan, mammals of Cambodia, mammals of Laos, mammals of Vietnam and slow lorises.

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Breed registry

A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry, the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known.

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Breeding program

A breeding programme is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several generations.

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Buff (colour)

Buff (bubalinus) is a light brownish yellow, ochreous colour, typical of buff leather.

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Burseraceae

The Burseraceae are a moderate-sized family of 17-19 genera and about 540 species of woody flowering plants.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Canine tooth

In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth.

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Captive breeding

Captive breeding, also known as captive propagation, is the process of keeping plants or animals in controlled environments, such as wildlife reserves, zoos, botanic gardens, and other conservation facilities.

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Cát Tiên National Park

Cát Tiên National Park (Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên) is a national park located in the south of Vietnam, in the provinces of Đồng Nai, Bình Phước and Lâm Đồng.

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Cúc Phương National Park

Cúc Phương National Park (Vườn quốc gia Cúc Phương) is located in Ninh Bình Province, in Vietnam's Red River Delta.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chromosome

A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.

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Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the sixth oldest zoo in the United States, founded in 1873 and officially opening in 1875.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Colin Groves

Colin Peter Groves (24 June 1942 – 30 November 2017) was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist.

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Cytochrome b

Cytochrome b within both molecular and cell biology, is a protein found in the membranes of aerobic cells.

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D-loop

In molecular biology, a displacement loop or D-loop is a DNA structure where the two strands of a double-stranded DNA molecule are separated for a stretch and held apart by a third strand of DNA.

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Dander

Dander is material shed from the body of humans and other animals that have fur, hair, or feathers.

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Defoliant

A defoliant is any herbicidal chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause their leaves to fall off.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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Duke Lemur Center

The Duke Lemur Center is a sanctuary for rare and endangered strepsirrhine primates, located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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Estrogen

Estrogen (oestrogen; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.

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Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Evergreen forest

An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees.

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Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Forest degradation

Forest degradation is a process in which the biological wealth of a forest area is permanently diminished by some factor or by a combination of factors.

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Founder effect

In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.

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G banding

G-banding, G banding or Giemsa banding is a technique used in cytogenetics to produce a visible karyotype by staining condensed chromosomes.

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Generalist and specialist species

A generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources (for example, a heterotroph with a varied diet).

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Genetic distance

Genetic distance is a measure of the genetic divergence between species or between populations within a species, whether the distance measures time from common ancestor or degree of differentiation.

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Genetic diversity

Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.

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Gummivore

A gummivore is an omnivorous animal whose diet consists primarily of the gums and saps of trees (about 90%) and bugs for protein.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Hòa Bình province

Hòa Bình or Hoà Bình is a mountainous province of Vietnam, located in the nation's Northwest region.

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Hekou Yao Autonomous County

The Hekou Yao Autonomous County is an autonomous county in the southern part of the Yunnan province of China.

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Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023.

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Honolulu Zoo

The Honolulu Zoo is a zoo in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaiokinai.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Introgression

Introgression, also known as introgressive hybridization, in genetics is the transfer of genetic material from one species into the gene pool of another by the repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid with one of its parent species.

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J. Lewis Bonhote

John Lewis James Bonhote M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (13 June 1875 – 10 October 1922) was an English zoologist, ornithologist and writer.

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Jinping County, Guizhou

Jinping County is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China, bordering Hunan to the east.

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Khammouane province

Khammouane province (Khammouan) (Lao: ຄໍາມ່ວນ) is a province in the center of Laos.

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Lactation

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Lüchun County

Lüchun County is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south.

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Lemur

Lemurs (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea, divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species.

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Lichen

A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.

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Local extinction

Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.

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Lorisidae

Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates.

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Mandible

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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Mekong

The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Molar (tooth)

The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Nakai-Nam Theun National Park

Nakai-Nam Theun National Park in Nakai District, Khammouane Province, Laos, is one of the last remaining wildernesses in Southeast Asia.

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Nam Theun

Nam Theun (also known as Khading), is a river in Laos, in Khammouane and Bolikhamsai Provinces.

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Nape

The nape is the back of the neck.

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National Biodiversity Conservation Area

A National Biodiversity Conservation Area (NBCA) is an environmentally protected area in Laos.

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Natural gum

Natural gums are polysaccharides of natural origin, capable of causing a large increase in a solution's viscosity, even at small concentrations.

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Nha Trang

Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Nucleic acid sequence

A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of bases within the nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.

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Nucleolus organizer region

Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) are chromosomal regions crucial for the formation of the nucleolus.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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Omnivore

An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.

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Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh (ភ្នំពេញ, Phnum Pénh) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia.

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Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary

Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary (ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃភ្នំព្រេច) is a large protected area in eastern Cambodia that was established in 1993.

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Photoperiodism

Photoperiod is the change of day length around the seasons.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Pingbian Miao Autonomous County

Pingbian Miao Autonomous County (Hmong: Pinx Binb Hmongb Zif Zhif Xenf) is a county located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan province, China.

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Ploidy

Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.

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Polymorphism (biology)

In biology, polymorphism is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.

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Potto

The pottos are three species of strepsirrhine primate in the genus Perodicticus of the family Lorisidae.

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Pregnancy (mammals)

In mammals, pregnancy is the period of reproduction during which a female carries one or more live offspring from implantation in the uterus through gestation.

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Primatology

Primatology is the scientific study of non-human primates.

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Reginald Innes Pocock

Reginald Innes Pocock, (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist.

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Regional Red List

A Regional Red List is a report of the threatened status of species within a certain country or region.

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Resin

In polymer chemistry and materials science, a resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers.

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Restriction enzyme

A restriction enzyme, restriction endonuclease, REase, ENase or restrictase is an enzyme that cleaves DNA into fragments at or near specific recognition sites within molecules known as restriction sites.

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Rufous

Rufous is a color that may be described as reddish-brown or brownish-red, as of rust or oxidised iron.

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Russet (color)

Russet is a dark brown color with a reddish-orange tinge.

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Saliva

Saliva (commonly referred to as spit or drool) is an extracellular fluid produced and secreted by salivary glands in the mouth.

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San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, housing over 12,000 animals of more than 680 species and subspecies on of Balboa Park.

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Sapindaceae

The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family.

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Sapindus

Sapindus is a genus of about thirteen species of shrubs and small trees in the lychee family, Sapindaceae and tribe Sapindeae.

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Saraca

Saraca L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legume family) of about 20 plant species of trees native to the lands from India and Sri Lanka to Indochina, southern China Malesia, and New Guinea.

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Scent gland

Scent gland are exocrine glands found in most mammals.

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Seal brown

Seal brown is a rich dark brown color, resembling the color of the dyed fur from the fur seal.

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Secondary forest

A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has regenerated through largely natural processes after human-caused disturbances, such as timber harvest or agriculture clearing, or equivalently disruptive natural phenomena.

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Secretoglobin

Secretoglobins (SCGBs) are a family of small, alpha-helical, disulfide linked, dimeric proteins found only in mammals.

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Sex ratio

A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population.

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Sexual selection

Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex (intrasexual selection).

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Single-nucleotide polymorphism

In genetics and bioinformatics, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; plural SNPs) is a germline substitution of a single nucleotide at a specific position in the genome.

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Slow loris

Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus Nycticebus. Pygmy slow loris and Slow loris are slow lorises.

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Social grooming is a behavior in which social animals, including humans, clean or maintain one another's bodies or appearances.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Species Survival Plan

The American Species Survival Plan or SSP program was developed in 1981 by the (American) Association of Zoos and Aquariums to help ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered in the wild.

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Spondias

Spondias is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.

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Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary

Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary (ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្រែពក, formerly Mondulkiri Protected Forest) is a large wildlife sanctuary in Mondulkiri Province, eastern Cambodia established on May 9, 2016, according to Sub-decree No.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Sunda slow loris

The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), or greater slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. Pygmy slow loris and Sunda slow loris are slow lorises.

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Sympatric speciation

In evolutionary biology, sympatric speciation is the evolution of a new species from a surviving ancestral species while both continue to inhabit the same geographic region.

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Tapetum lucidum

The paren;;: tapeta lucida) is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates and some other animals. Lying immediately behind the retina, it is a retroreflector. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors (although slightly blurring the image).

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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.

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Territory (animal)

In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression.

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Testosterone

Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males.

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Threatened species

A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future.

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Toothcomb

A toothcomb (also called a tooth comb or dental comb) is a dental structure found in some mammals, comprising a group of front teeth arranged in a manner that facilitates grooming, similar to a hair comb.

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Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.

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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.

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Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.

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Vernicia

Vernicia is a genus in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1790.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Vietnamese đồng

The dong (đồng) (sign: ₫ or informally đ in Vietnamese; code: VND) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978.

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Volatility (chemistry)

In chemistry, volatility is a material quality which describes how readily a substance vaporizes.

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Weaning

Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant human or another mammal to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk.

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Wildlife trade

Wildlife trade refers to the products that are derived from non-domesticated animals or plants usually extracted from their natural environment or raised under controlled conditions.

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William Charles Osman Hill

William Charles Osman Hill FRSE FZS FLS FRAI (13 July 1901 – 25 January 1975) was a British anatomist, primatologist, and a leading authority on primate anatomy during the 20th century.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.

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See also

Fauna of Yunnan

Slow lorises

Taxa named by J. Lewis Bonhote

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_slow_loris

Also known as Nycticebus pygmaeus, Pygmy loris, The Pygmy Slow Loris, Xanthonycticebus, Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus.

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