(ĐN)- Bien Hoa city's Forest Ranger Department and Dong Nai Culture-Nature Reserve on May 4 released a pygmy slow loris, an endangered species in the world, into the natural forest.
(ĐN)- Bien Hoa city’s Forest Ranger Department and Dong Nai Culture-Nature Reserve on May 4 released a pygmy slow loris, an endangered species in the world, into the natural forest.
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Earlier, the 0.3-kg loris was handed over by a resident in Tan Bien ward, Bien Hoa city, to the forest ranger department to release into the wild.
The slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) is threatened with extinction in Vietnam. The animal is now ranked at the Vulnerable level (VU - High risk of endangerment in the wild) in the Vietnam Red Book.
Reported by K.T
