Arctocebus aureus

de Winton, 1902

Golden Angwantibo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lorisiformes
Family : Lorisidae
Subfamily : Perodicticinae
Genus : Arctocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1902-01-01. Notices of two new species of potto from the French Congo Territory. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9(49):47-49.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331325

Original name as described

Arctocebus aureus

Other common names

Golden Potto

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.11.21.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c45563d-8327-48ee-96bb-9507f0fe535c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a08c21bd-1f57-4d1b-883e-48db7e14bab9

Type locality

80 km from mouth of Benito River, Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo · Gabon · Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001070

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arctocebus aureus

de Winton, 1902

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.11.21.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c45563d-8327-48ee-96bb-9507f0fe535c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a08c21bd-1f57-4d1b-883e-48db7e14bab9

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331325

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2053/17969875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arctocebus ruficeps

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ruficeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.9.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e17544d3-0f85-4dac-a207-39a6a1df709e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f68a742a-774b-4eec-b189-b16b5e83521f

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099874

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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