Buddy is a Bengal slow loris, a type of endangered primate found in India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, China and Thailand. The largest type of loris, the Bengal is described by some as about the size of a bag of sugar. Only a few thousand are thought to remain in the wild.
All lorises are at great risk these days because unthinking people want them as pets.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-unprecedented-international-cooperation-saved-one-little-primates-life.html#ixzz3CpdzdSKn