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Arboreal primate of west-central Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Potto (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Potoo.
The pottos are three species of strepsirrhine primate in the genus Perodicticus of the family Lorisidae. In some English-speaking parts of Africa, they are called "softly-softlys".[2]
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Potto[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | Lorisidae |
Subfamily: | Perodicticinae |
Genus: | Perodicticus Bennett, 1831 |
Type species | |
Lemur potto Müller, 1766 | |
Species | |
Perodicticus edwardsi | |
Geographic range of all three species |
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