Malabaricus is reddish-brown in color and restricted to the western slopes of central and southern western ghats (mostly at elevations above 700m) in karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu (kumara et al. 2006, 2009; radhakrishna et al. 2011). it prefers plantations and evergreen scrub forests within the broad vegetation type of wet evergreen forests, and is also more abundant in disturbed areas (kumara et al. 2006; radhakrishna et al. 2011). in spite of several studies (kumara et al. 2006, 2009; radhakrishna et al. 2011), the distribution and threats to slender lorises are not well known from many regions in southern india. this note contributes a new distribution record, and discusses poorly documented threats to loris lydekkerianus in the southern western ghats. our results originate from opportunistic observations, analysis of images from an indian wildlife photography website and local knowledge-based surveys conducted at peppara wildlife sanctuary (pws), kerala, during april 2011, as part of a project on the status of forest-dwelling chelonians in the agasthyamalai hills