Editing Red slender loris (section)

== Conservation ==
The red slender loris was identified as one of the top-10 "focal species" in 2007 by the [[EDGE Species|Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered]] (EDGE) project.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Protection for 'weirdest' species | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6263331.stm | date = 16 January 2007 | access-date = 22 May 2007 | work = [[BBC]]}}</ref>

One early success has been the rediscovery of the virtually unknown [[Horton Plains]] slender loris (''Loris tardigradus nycticeboides''). Originally documented in 1937, there have been only four known encounters in the past 72 years,<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,707502,00.html Der Spiegel (German) article about the rediscovery</ref> and for more than 60 years until 2002 the sub-species had been believed to be extinct.<ref name="ap-19Jul10">{{cite news|last=Krishan|first=Francis|title=Rare Sri Lankan primate gets 1st wide-eyed closeup|date=19 July 2010|publisher=[[The Oregonian]] (from the [[Associated Press]])|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international-34/127957441022880.xml&storylist=international|access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="guardian-Jul10">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Lewis|title=Found: Sri Lankan primate thought to be extinct for 60 years|date=19 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/19/horton-plains-slender-loris-found|access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref> The sub-species was rediscovered in 2002 by a team led by [[Anna Nekaris]] in [[Horton Plains National Park]].<ref name=Nekaris&Jayewardene2004/> The late 2009 capture by a team working under the [[Zoological Society of London]]'s EDGE programme has resulted in the first detailed physical examination of the Horton Plains sub-species and the first-ever photographs of it.<ref name="ap-19Jul10"/> The limited available evidence suggests there may be only about 100 animals still existing, which would make it among the top five most-threatened primates worldwide.<ref name="guardian-Jul10"/>