Any of three species of nocturnal, arboreal primates in the family Lorisidae. Lorises have soft gray or brown fur, huge eyes encircled by dark patches, and no tail. They move slowly and often hang by their feet, leaving their hands free to grasp branches or food. The slender loris (Loris tardigradus) of India and Sri Lanka is 8-10 in. (20-25 cm) long; it eats insects and small animals. The slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) of South Asia and the Malay Peninsula eat insects, small animals, fruit, and vegetation. Nycticebus pygmaeus is about 8 in. (20 cm) long; N. coucang is 10.5-15 in. (27-38 cm) long. Habitat degradation and hunting have seriously depleted loris populations
born Jan. 1, 1826, Tiflis, Russia died Dec. 24, 1888, Nice, France Russian military officer and statesman. He commanded an army corps to notable victories in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, for which he was made a count. As governor-general of the central Russian provinces (1879), he recommended administrative and economic reforms to alleviate social discontent. Impressed, Alexander II appointed him minister of the interior (1880) and approved his efforts to liberalize the Russian autocracy, but the tsar was assassinated before the reforms were enacted. Loris-Melikov resigned when Alexander III rejected his reforms
born Jan. 1, 1826, Tiflis, Russia died Dec. 24, 1888, Nice, France Russian military officer and statesman. He commanded an army corps to notable victories in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, for which he was made a count. As governor-general of the central Russian provinces (1879), he recommended administrative and economic reforms to alleviate social discontent. Impressed, Alexander II appointed him minister of the interior (1880) and approved his efforts to liberalize the Russian autocracy, but the tsar was assassinated before the reforms were enacted. Loris-Melikov resigned when Alexander III rejected his reforms
A very small, tailless loris (Loris gracilis) of southern India and Sri Lanka, having large eyes with dark circles around them and very short fingers and toes