Perodicticinae

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Perodicticinae
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Calabar angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lorisidae
Subfamily: Perodicticinae
Gray, 1870
Type genus
Perodicticus
Bennet, 1831
Genera

Perodicticus
Arctocebus

Perodicticinae is a subfamily of the family Lorisidae. It includes five species of African primates as shown under taxonomy below.

Contents

They have a vestigial tail and index finger. The snout is pointed and the ears and eyes are large. The coat is dense, brown and woolly.

Taxonomy

The false potto (Pseudopotto martini) is now thought to be a misidentified individual of a Perodicticus species. [4] [5]

References

  1. Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E., eds. (2013). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN   978-84-96553-89-7.
  2. "Perodicticinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212 , retrieved 2021-11-08
  4. "Perodicticus potto (P. L. S. Müller, 1766)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. Svensson, M. & Pimley, E. (2019). "Perodicticus edwardsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T136852A91996061. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136852A91996061.en .

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