POTTOS
POTTOS
Perodicticus includes three species.
Perodicticus edwardsi
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The Central African potto, also called the Milne-Edwards’s potto, is a primitive primate species, known as a prosimian, belonging to the suborder Strepsirrhini and to the family Lorisidae. It is native to Central Africa, hence, its name. The wide geographic distribution for this prosimian begins in the country of Nigeria…
Perodicticus ibeanus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The East African potto, also known more simply as the eastern potto, occupies an extensive range at the very center of the African continent. Though the largest portion of its range falls within the Democratic Republic of Congo, it also juts into several neighboring countries: the Central African Republic to the north, and…
Perodicticus potto
CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED
Pottos inhabit a wide geographic range, spanning from the west African coast to Central Africa. These primates are prosimians—the oldest, most “primitive” group of primates—and are the only species in the genus Perodicticus. New potto species have been described within the last 50 years with much debate about which…