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= __Endangered Species Project__ = __ 1. MY ENDANGERED SPECIES AND ITS ENVIRONMENT __ ORGANISM: The slow loris is endangered for various reasons including: hunting and trading, parts of their bodies used to cure cancer, leprosy, and epilepsy. When they get trafficked, the owners pull their teeth to make them safer for children to have them as pets. Unfortunately, this causes extreme blood loss and infections. They also die from poor nutrition, and stress from being in the pet trade. In the wild, they are threatened by deforestation and the wildlife trade, which includes traditional medicine, and bushmeat. POPULATION: The population of slow lorises in southeastern Asia (Eastern India, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines). ECOSYSTEM: The slow loris lives in southeast Asia, Eastern India to Malaysia, Sumatra, Java Borneo, Philippines. There are populations of birds, insects, bamboo shoots, and fruit. COMMUNITY: The species in this community around the slow loris are: tigers, snakes, birds, insects, bats, leopards, frogs, trees, monkeys, lemurs, piranhas, butterflies, ants, hornbills, eagles, hoatzins, parrots, quetzals, cassowaries, toucans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and jaguars. ABIOTIC/BIOTIC FACTORS: biotic: tigers, snakes, birds, insects, bats, leopards, frogs, trees, monkeys, lemurs, piranhas, butterflies, ants, hornbills, eagles, hoatzins, parrots, quetzals, cassowaries, toucans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and jaguars. abiotic: Large amounts of rain during the rainy season, dense foilage, warm all year round. Also the rocks, soil, sunlight and temperature. REFERENCES:  Works Cited “List of Rain Forest Animals.” //Teacher Visions//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. . “Lorises and Pottos (Lorisidae).” //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. . “Nycticebus Javanicus.” //ICUN Red List of Threatened Species//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. . “Poison Arrow Frogs.” //Honolulu Zoo//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. . “Rain Forest Fungi.” //Rain Forest- Australia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. . “What are the abiotic factors in the tropical rain forest?” //Answers//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. . “What Do Chimps Eat?” //All About Wildlife//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. . __2. FOOD WEB__ What would happen if the Slow Loris would be taken out of the food web? If the slow loris was taken out of the food web, the amount of spiders would increase and the earthworms would have more to eat. Furthermore, there will also be more food for the milk snakes since they also eat the spiders. This could cause for the snakes to not eat as many ants, so there will be more food for the ant eaters, and the poison arrow frogs. This could also cause for there to be a slight increase in canopy trees, since the ant eaters are eating more ants. Also, the amount of bamboo would increase by a lot too since the slow loris is one of the main organisms eating the bamboo. As a result, there would be more food to eat if the slow loris is taken out of the food web. __3. SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS__ Slow lorises have powerful jaws so that they can protect themselves. On the inside of their elbows, they have a special tissue that contains toxins which is deadly to anyone, which means that they can protect themselves. They have special blood vessels in their hands to let them grip on the trees for hours, since that is where they live. “Slow Loris Behavior .” //King Snake//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. . __4.POPULATION SIZE__ The slow loris is located in a 3100 mile chain and there are about 3 slow lorises in 1 square mile. They use sampling to determine the number of slow lorises in the southeastern rainforest. __BIBLIOGRAPHY:__ Works Cited

“List of Rain Forest Animals.” Teacher Visions. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. .

“Lorises and Pottos (Lorisidae).” Gale Virtual Reference Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. .

“Nycticebus Javanicus.” ICUN Red List of Threatened Species. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. .

“Poison Arrow Frogs.” Honolulu Zoo. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. .

“Rain Forest Fungi.” Rain Forest- Australia. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. .

“Slow Loris Behavior .” King Snake. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://www.kingsnake.com/‌toxinology/‌loris/‌slow_loris.html>.

“What are the abiotic factors in the tropical rain forest?” Answers. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.com/‌Q/‌What_are_the_abiotic_factors_on_the_tropical_rain_forest>.

“What Do Chimps Eat?” All About Wildlife. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. <http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/‌what-do-chimps-eat>.