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Perodicticinae
Subfamily of primates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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
- Genus Arctocebus
- Subfamily Lorisinae
- Subfamily Perodicticinae
The false potto (Pseudopotto martini) is now thought to be a misidentified individual of a Perodicticus species.[4][5]
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