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Potto
| Potto[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Lorisidae |
| Subfamily: | Perodicticinae |
| Genus: | Perodicticus Bennett, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Lemur potto Müller, 1766
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| Species | |
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Perodicticus edwardsi | |
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| Geographic range of all three species | |
The pottos are three species of strepsirrhine primate in the genus Perodicticus of the family Lorisidae. In some English-speaking parts of Africa, they are called "softly-softlys".[2]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Potto (primate)". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
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