Perodicticinae

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Perodicticinae
File:ArctocebusCalabarensisWolf.jpg
Calabar angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lorisidae
Subfamily: Perodicticinae
Gray, 1870
Type genus
Perodicticus
Bennet, 1831
Genera

Perodicticus
Arctocebus

Perodicticinae is a subfamily of the family Lorisidae. It includes five species of African primates as shown under taxonomy below.

They have a vestigial tail and index finger. The snout is pointed and the ears and eyes are large. The coat is dense, brown and woolly.

Taxonomy

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The false potto (Pseudopotto martini) is now thought to be a misidentified individual of a Perodicticus species.[4][5]

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