Editing Slow loris (section)

==Distribution and diversity==
Slow lorises are found in South and [[Southeast Asia]].  Their collective range stretches from [[Northeast India]] through [[Indochina]], east to the [[Sulu Archipelago]] (the small, southern islands of the [[Philippines]]), and south to the island of [[Java]] (including [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]], and many small nearby islands).{{Sfn|Nowak|1999|p=57}}  They are found in [[India]] (Northeastern states),{{Sfn|Nowak|1999|p=57}}{{Sfn|Choudhury|1988|pp=89–94}}{{Sfn|Choudhury|1992|pp=77–83}} [[China]] ([[Yunnan]] province), [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Burma]], Thailand, [[Malaysia]], the Philippines, [[Indonesia]],{{Sfn|Nowak|1999|p=57}} [[Brunei]],<ref name=IUCN_N._menagensis/> and [[Singapore]].<ref name=IUCN_N._coucang/>

There are currently seven recognized species. The [[Bornean slow loris]] (''N.&nbsp;menagensis''), found on Borneo and nearby islands, including the Sulu Archipelago,<ref name=IUCN_N._menagensis/> and in 2012 was split into four distinct species (adding ''N.&nbsp;bancanus'', ''N.&nbsp;borneanus'', and ''N.&nbsp;kayan'').{{Sfn|Munds|Nekaris|Ford|2013|p=46}} The [[Javan slow loris]] (''N.&nbsp;javanicus'') is only found on the island of Java in Indonesia.<ref name=IUCN_N._javanicus/>  The [[Sunda slow loris]] (''N.&nbsp;coucang'') occurs on Sumatra and the [[Malay Peninsula]], including Singapore and southern Thailand (the [[Isthmus of Kra]]).<ref name=IUCN_N._coucang/>  The [[Bengal slow loris]] (''N.&nbsp;bengalensis'') has the largest distribution of all the slow lorises{{Sfn|Swapna|Gupta|Radhakrishna|2008|pp=37–40}} and can be found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, southern China, Northeast India, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.<ref name=IUCN_N._bengalensis/>

Slow lorises range across [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[Subtropics|subtropical]] regions<ref name=2006CITES/> and are found in primary and secondary [[rainforest]]s, as well as [[bamboo]] groves and [[mangrove]] forests.{{Sfn|Nowak|1999|p=58}}{{Sfn|Nekaris|Munds|2010|p=388}} They prefer forests with high, dense [[Canopy (biology)|canopies]],{{Sfn|Ankel-Simons|2007|p=82}}<ref name=2006CITES/> although some species have also been found in [[Disturbance (ecology)|disturbed habitats]], such as [[Theobroma cacao|cacao]] plantations and mixed-crop home gardens.{{Sfn|Nekaris|Munds|2010|p=388}} Due largely to their nocturnal behavior and the subsequent difficulties in accurately quantifying abundance, data about the population size or distribution patterns of slow lorises is limited. In general, encounter rates are low; a combined analysis of several field studies involving [[transect]] surveys conducted in South and Southeast Asia determined encounter rates ranging from as high as 0.74&nbsp;lorises per kilometer for ''N.&nbsp;coucang'' to as low as 0.1&nbsp;lorises per kilometer for ''N.&nbsp;bengalensis''.{{Sfn|Nekaris|Nijman|2007|p=212}}