Publications

We regularly publish research on slow loris ecology, behaviour, conservation, and related topics. Our work spans various disciplines, including sustainable farming, wildlife trade, rehabilitation, and physiology. Below is a selection of our publications, but for a complete and up-to-date list, please visit Prof Nekaris’ Google Scholar Profile.

Slow Loris Ecology and Behaviour

  • Ethology of the Critically Endangered Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in West Java
  • The seasonal feeding ecology of the Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus)
  • Habitat use, terrestriality and feeding behaviour of Javan slow lorises in urban areas of a multi-use landscape in Indonesia
  • Modelling the habitat use and distribution of the threatened Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus
  • The function of play in the venomous Javan slow loris
  • The Use of Ultrasonic Communication to Maintain Social Cohesion in the Javan Slow Loris (Nycticebus javanicus)
  • Diet and feeding behavior of Mysore slender lorises
  • Obligate exudativory characterizes the diet of the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus
  • Densities, distribution and detectability of a small nocturnal primate (Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus) in a montane rainforest
  • Diets high in fruits and low in gum exudates promote the occurrence and development of dental disease in pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

Human-Wildlife Interactions

  • Knowledge, beliefs, and experience regarding slow lorises in southern Thailand: Coexistence in a developed landscape
  • Normal redefined: Exploring decontextualization of lorises (Nycticebus & Xanthonycticebus spp.) on social media platforms
  • Medicine, black magic and supernatural beings: Cultural rituals as a significant threat to slender lorises in India
  • Exploring cultural drivers for trade via an ethnoprimatological approach: a case study of slow and slender lorises in South and Southeast Asia
  • Tickled to death: analysing public perceptions of ‘cute’ videos of threatened species (slow lorises – Nycticebus spp.) on Web 2.0 sites
  • High Prevalence of Dysfunctional Animal–Visitor Interactions in 225 Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums
  • It’s a sign: Animal welfare and zoo type are predictors of animal identification signage usage and quality at zoo exhibits
  • Welfare and management of civets in civet coffee tourism plantations
  • Trade in common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus in Javan and Balinese markets, Indonesia.

Wildlife Friendly Coffee Program

  • Fostering a wildlife-friendly programme for sustainable coffee farming in Indonesia
  • Shade trees and agrochemical use affect butterfly assemblages in coffee home gardens
  • Do shade trees and distance to the forest affect the detection rates of wildlife in coffee home gardens?
  • Effect of shade trees and chemical fertilisation on the abundance, richness and diversity of butterflies in coffee plantations
  • Abundance and richness of invertebrates in shade-grown vs sun-exposed coffee home gardens in Indonesia
  • Agrochemicals and shade complexity affect soil quality in coffee home gardens
  • Local farmers’ attitudes towards artificial wildlife bridges in a fragmented agroforestry environment

Slow Loris Physiology and Adaptations

  • Slowly Making Sense: A Review of the Two-Step Venom System within Slow (Nycticebus spp.) and Pygmy Lorises (Xanthonycticebus spp.)
  • Evaluating the Use of Chemical Weapons for Capturing Prey by a Venomous Mammal, the Greater Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang)
  • From masks to muscles: Mapping facial structure of Nycticebus
  • Aposematic signaling and seasonal variation in dorsal pelage in a venomous mammal
  • Slow lorises use venom as a weapon in intraspecific competition
  • The fast and the furriest: investigating the rate of selection on mammalian toxins
  • Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of slow loris venom
  • Venom in furs: Facial masks as aposematic signals in a venomous mammal
  • Cabinet of curiosities: venom systems and their ecological function in mammals, with a focus on primates

Conservation and Threats

  • Conservation and ecology of the neglected slow loris: priorities and prospects
  • Influence of Agricultural Expansion and Human Disturbance on the Encounter Rates of Nocturnal Mammals in Tropical Hill Forests in Bangladesh
  • Global online trade in primates for pets
  • Impending collapse of the world’s primates: why primates matter
  • Artificial canopy bridges improve connectivity in fragmented landscapes: the case of Javan slow lorises in an agroforest environment
  • Compassionate conservation, rehabilitation and translocation of Indonesian slow lorises
  • Conservation implications of low encounter rates of five nocturnal primate species (Nycticebus spp.) in Asia

Education and Outreach

  • The impact of teaching method and learning style on student engagement: a formative assessment of a primate education programme
  • Advancing primate conservation: a global collection of education and outreach initiatives
  • Active learning increases knowledge and understanding of wildlife-friendly farming in middle school students in Java, Indonesia
  • A novel application of cultural consensus models to evaluate conservation education programmes

Taxonomy and Genetic Studies

  • Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships and Unveiling Novel Genetic Diversity among Slow and Pygmy Lorises, including Resurrection of Xanthonycticebus intermedius
  • Unexpected diversity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) within the Javan pet trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy
  • Taxonomy of the Bornean Slow Loris, With New Species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae)