Chennai

The Slender Loris sanctuary, establishment of which was notified by the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, will be the first of its kind in the country.

The Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary is to come up at 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts, covering areas of Vedasandur, Dindigul East, and Natham taluks in Dindigul and Kadavur taluk in Karur.

Slender Loris are small nocturnal mammals that generally live on trees and are arboreal in nature. They are listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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The DMK government had announced the establishment of India's first Slender Loris sanctuary in the state in April this year.