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Slender loris holding onto a branch in London zoo's Nightlife

Discover the species who make the dark their home in London Zoo's Night Life. 

The world’s forests are brimming with life and the night is no different.

So, tiptoe quietly into the forest after dark, let your eyes adjust and peek into the enchanting world of the species who welcome the night. 

They're active at night and asleep during the day. To make sure we are all awake at the same time and we don’t disturb them, the lights inside reverse day and night. 

They wait for the sun to set and last light to fade before emerging from their daytime hiding places.

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Species in the Night Life area of the Zoo

  • Potto at London Zoo
    Perodicticus potto

    Potto

    To mark their territory pottos leave urine trails on trees and deter predators using toxic secretions. They also have their own very distinct odour which you will be able to smell when you visit them. 

  • Pygmy slow loris baby
    Nycticebus pygmaeus

    Pygmy slow loris

    Slow lorises are the only venomous primate, producing a toxin in their glands, which becomes activated when mixed with their saliva.

  • Naked mole rat face with teeth showing
    Heterocephalus glaber

    Naked mole-rat

    Naked mole rats very rarely get cancer, and are capable of surviving low oxygen levels and are resistant to some forms of pain.

  • Red slender loris
    Loris tardigradus

    Slender loris

    Slender lorises silently sneak up on their prey and grab with their hands.

  • Two Malagasy giant jumping rats
    Hypogeomys antimena

    Malagasy giant jumping rat

    The largest rodent in Madagascar, the giant jumping rat lives in burrows of complex tunnels.

  • Bushbaby close-up, southern lesser galago
    Galago moholi

    Bushbaby

    Bushbabies get their name from their calls, which sound just like a newborn baby crying.

  • Our animals
  • Red slender loris

    Slender loris

  • Two Malagasy giant jumping rats

    Malagasy jumping rats

  • Slender loris holding onto a branch in London zoo's Nightlife

    London Zoo Map

    Find Nightlife in London Zoo's Pink Zone

  • Adult sloth hanging from a tree at London Zoo
    Rainforest Life

    Rainforest Life

    Step into London's only living rainforest and meet its incredible residents

  • Red slender loris
    Loris tardigradus

    Slender loris

    Slender lorises silently sneak up on their prey and grab with their hands.

  • Visit our amazing animals at London Zoo