But the Horton Plains slender loris, photographed for the first time in 2010 by the Zoological Society of London's EDGE project, had indeed survived. There have only been four documented sightings of the small, reclusive primate since 1937.
The loris is native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka and southern India, but its forest habitat has been destroyed by logging, agriculture and development.
The slender loris is one of the rarest and most threatened primates in the world. It has thin arms and legs, huge round eyes and the males only grow to about 8 inches long.
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