Arctocebus calabarensis

(J. A. Smith, 1860)

Calabar 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

Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinburgh, 2, 177

Original name as described

Perodicticus calabarensis

Other common names

Angwantibo · Golden Potto of Calabar

Type locality

Nigeria, Old Calabar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001071

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 calabarensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2054/17969996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perodicticus calabarensis

(J. A. Smith, 1860)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh

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