Perodicticinae
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Perodicticinae
Potto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Lorisidae Subfamily: Perodicticinae Gray, 1870
Genera
Perodicticus Arctocebus Pseudopotto

Perodicticinae is the subfamily of Lorisidae that includes the four species of African primates as shown 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.

• Family Lorisidae
  • Subfamily Perodicticinae
    • Genus Arctocebus
      • Calabar Angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis
      • Golden Angwantibo, Arctocebus aureus
    • Genus Perodicticus
      • Potto, Perodicticus potto
    • Genus Pseudopotto
      • False Potto, Pseudopotto martini
  • Subfamily Lorinae

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