Gastrointestinal Length and Cecum of Slow Loris(Nycticebus coucang)

Abstract

The gastrointestinal length and morphology of the cecum and vermiform appendix were recorded in one male and two female slow lorises maintained at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Although the slow loris was a prosimian, its cecum and vermiform appendix were well developed compared to those in the Japanese monkey, rhesus, baboon, tamalin, galago and tupai. The slow loris cecum was distinctly different from the short tubular diverticulum found in tupai. The small intestine length was 30-50 cm, the large intestine length was 18-33 cm, and the lengths of the cecum and vermiform appendix were 5 cm and 2-4 cm, respectively.