Potto

Potto
Scientific classification
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
Species
	Perodicticus edwardsi; Perodicticus ibeanus; Perodicticus potto;
	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.

[msw3-1] 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.

[Britannica-2] "Potto (primate)". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-15.

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