Perodicticus potto

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

West 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Müller, P.L.S. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linne' vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg, 384 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217687

Original name as described

Lemur potto

Other common names

Potto · Western Potto · Benin Potto · Bosman's Potto

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39375.a, RMNH.MAM.39375.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39375.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39375.b

Type locality

Ghana, Elmina.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia? · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau? · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria

Taxonomy notes

includes Pseudopotto martini

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001074

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.

Pseudopotto martini

(J. H. Schwartz, 1996)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

martini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AIMZ 6698

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Perodicticus geoffroyi

E. T. Bennett, 1831

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.280

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b3f861b-56e2-4741-855b-d6e5ca91713d

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214070

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Perodicticus ju-ju

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

juju

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.7.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d99aff6-677f-44e7-a1a1-ecd5a95e0496 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e9a8be5f-e107-44a0-b868-a6d516844976

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094780

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lemur potto

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

potto

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39375.a, RMNH.MAM.39375.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39375.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39375.b

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217687

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Galago guineensis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39375.a, RMNH.MAM.39375.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39375.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39375.b

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523868

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Perodicticus potto

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

potto

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 (1982:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/91995408/92248699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

bosmannii

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bosmannii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Perodicticus potto potto

Groves, 2005

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

potto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

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)

Perodicticus potto juju

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

juju

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Perodicticus Geoffroyii

A. Smith, 1833

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

geoffroyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968128

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Potto Bosmanii

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

bosmanii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358429

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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