Two lorises abandoned on the China-Myanmar border have been rescued by a Chinese villager, and they have more good news to tell: the female primate gave birth to a cute baby during their stay at the villager's home.

Ai En, a farmer of Mansan Village in Damenglong Township of Xishuangbanna Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province, found the two lorises, a species under state protection, on February 25 in a bag believed to have been deserted by Myanmar people.

Lorises are a primate species in tropical forests in south and southeast Asia. According to Ai En, the pair are each more than 20 cm long with big round eyes. Their two small ears hide in their hairy and round heads.

Ai took the two creatures home and to his surprise, the female loris gave birth to a baby less than five days after being rescued.

To feed the newly born, Ai En had to pick bananas in the mountain every day as it ate no other fruits except banana. Thanks to the man's efforts, the baby loris has grown up healthy.

Ai transferred the family of three to local forest police and the wild animal protection office this week. Ai was given an award of 500 yuan (about 75 U.S dollars) while the villagers' committee was awarded 1,000 yuan. (Photos provided to Xinhua; Translation by Xu Yining)