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
The West African potto, also known as Bosman’s potto after Willem Bosman, who described the species in 1704, is native to a wide geographic range throughout West Africa. This extends from the country of Guinea west to Nigeria, with another geographically separate population in eastern Senegal. The Niger River serves as…