PC-000-473A

A slender loris looks back at the camera as it clings to a cliimbing structure at the San Diego Zoo

 

1969

Ron Garrison

Curt Teich

This picture postcard from the "Animal Color Series from the San Diego Zoo" identifies the animal in this image section as a "Slender Loris" from South India & Ceylon. The Latin name given in the message section, Loris tardigradus, is that of the red slender loris, but unless the color register is off in this apparent photograph, this is a gray slender loris (Loris lydekkenanus). According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), in 2013 the red slender loris is "endangered," while the gray slender loris is of "least concern." The animal is shown looking into the camera with its characteristic large orange eyes, with one leg in the crook of a climbing structure,the other higher on the same branch, and its right foreleg holding onto another branch. The San Diego Zoo is in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The Curt Teich number on the back (PC-000-473B) is 9DK-184, decoded to 1969.

San Diego Zoo; Zoos; Zoological Gardens; Balboa Park; San Diego; Curt Teich

2920 Zoo Drive

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

 

San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-000-473B

 

 

Image

TIFF

19.60 MB