Perodicticus edwardsi

Bouvier, 1879

Central African Potto

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

"Guide du Naturaliste", Revue Bibl. Sci. Nat., 1: 10, 1879

Original name as described

Perodicticus edwardsi

Other common names

Cameroon Potto · Milne-Edwards's Potto · Central Potto

Type locality

Congo-Brazzaville, north bank of the Congo River.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

split from P. potto

Taxonomy notes citation

Stump, D. P. (2005). Taxonomy of the genus Perodicticus (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh). · Pozzi, L., Nekaris, K.A., Perkin, A., Bearder, S.K., Pimley, E.R., Schulze, H., Streicher, U., Nadler, T., Kitchener, A., Zischler, H., Zinner, D. and Roos, C. 2015. Remarkable ancient divergences amongst neglected lorisiform primates. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(3): 661–674.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001072

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.

Perodicticus batesi

de Winton, 1902

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

batesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.4.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/31fbf473-b355-4d37-95e1-68af38d276c0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7327838-49f8-45db-97e1-607d1fb2ca92

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Perodicticus faustus

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

faustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.10.19.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/07eb34be-7212-4c92-b885-fd9108b9aece https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f75ca212-1f6e-4ba0-ad1e-1f5049d6e591

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619667

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Perodicticus potto edwardsi

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Perodicticus edwardsi

Bouvier, 1879

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Revue Bibl. Sci. Nat.

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136852/91996061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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