Perodicticus ibeanus

O. Thomas, 1910

East 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

Thomas, O. 1910-03-15. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited the skin of a new Potto from British Hast Africa. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81:17.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31563351

Original name as described

Perodicticus ibeanus

Other common names

Eastern Potto · Mount Kenya Potto

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.3.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63130c73-782f-4317-8cda-25a21d1d89d8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a665d81c-6033-498d-86a8-f8ccee8d6aaf

Type locality

Kenya, Kakamega Forest.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Burundi · Rwanda · Uganda · Kenya

Taxonomy notes

split from P. potto; includes stockleyi, which was previously a subspecies of 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. · Butynski, T. M., & de Jong, Y. A. (2017). The Mount Kenya potto is a subspecies of the eastern potto Perodicticus ibeanus. Primate Conservation, 31, 49-52.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001073

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 ibeanus

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ibeanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.3.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63130c73-782f-4317-8cda-25a21d1d89d8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a665d81c-6033-498d-86a8-f8ccee8d6aaf

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31563351

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136875/91996195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perodicticus potto stockleyi

Butynski & De Jong, 2007

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

stockleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KNM MK-24

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

136

Authority publication

Journal of East African Natural History

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Perodictius arrhenii

Lönnberg, 1917

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

arrhenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41919106

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Periodicticus nebulosus

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1917

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

nebulosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

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

Perodicticus potto ibeanus

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

ibeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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