Perodicticinae

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

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

• Family Lorisidae<ref name="Mittermeier_etal2013">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ITIS">Template:ITIS</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
  • Subfamily Perodicticinae
    • Genus Arctocebus
      • Calabar angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis
      • Golden angwantibo, Arctocebus aureus
    • Genus Perodicticus
      • Central African potto, Perodictitus edwardsi
      • East African potto, Perodicticus ibeanus
      • West African potto, Perodicticus potto
  • Subfamily Lorisinae

The false potto (Pseudopotto martini) is now thought to be a misidentified individual of a Perodicticus species.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite mdd</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite iucn</ref>

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