The Slow Loris Facts. When hunting insects slow lorises will use their hind legs to grip onto a tree branch and then lunge forward catching their prey between both hands. Their most distinctive feature is their large beady eyes on a small round head.
Thus its geographic range is wider than any other slow loris. Muscles on a Nycticebus species allow them to remain still for hours at a time. It is a very rare trait for a mammal indeed.
Slow lorises may be slow but they can travel around 8 kilometers in one night.
The smallest slow Lorises live in Borneo an island in South East Asia. These little guys are under 10 inches long from head to tail and weigh only 6 pounds. Bornean slow loris is the smallest species. Slow lorises are small-sized animals that grow to a maximum body length of around 8 to 15 inches and an average animal may weigh around 250 grams to two kilograms.