Venomous Indonesian primate feared extinct still clings on – but threats persist
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https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/venomous-indonesian-primate-feared-extinct-still-clings-on-but-threats-persist/
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A small, venomous primate that scientists thought had gone extinct still survives on Indonesia’s Bangka Island, and to the communities there was never really “lost,” according to a recent study. The Bangka slow loris (Nycticebus bancanus), native to parts of Borneo and the island of Bangka, was declared critically endangered, and possibly extinct, on the […]
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