Perodicticinae

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

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

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^[1][2][3]
  • 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.^[4][5]