After 63 years with no sightings, it’s fairly safe to assume that a species might be extinct.  Surely the Horton Plains slender loris, one of the rare species to inhabit Sri Lanka’s dense jungles, would’ve been seen sometime between 1939 and now if it was still alive.  As it turns out, the species isn’t extinct, just very rare and very good at hiding, as the Horton Plains slender loris was captured on film for the first time ever due to the good work of the Zoological Society of London’s Edge Project.

The Horton Plains slender loris was captured via the magic of remote cameras placed in the jungles at night.  This is one of over 1000 studies taken at over 150 different locations in and around Sri Lanka’s endangered montane jungle.  Said Dr. Craig Turner of the ZSL, “We are thrilled to have captured the first ever photographs and prove its continued existence — especially after its 65 year disappearing act.  The discovery improves our knowledge of this species, but we need to focus our efforts on the conservation and restoration of the remaining montane forest where this species still exists.  Currently this accounts for less than one percent of the land area of Sri Lanka.”

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