(ĐN)- Bien Hoa city's Forest Ranger Department on July 18 received a pygmy slow loris, an endangered species in the world, from a resident in Tam Phuoc commune.
(ĐN)- Bien Hoa city’s Forest Ranger Department on July 18 received a pygmy slow loris, an endangered species in the world, from a resident in Tam Phuoc commune.
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The 0.3-kg loris was transferred to a biological diversity reserve establishment in Bien Hoa city’s Phuoc Tan commune for care before being released 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
