Potto

Potto

Order : Primates
Family : Loridae
Genus : Perodicticus

Facts about the genus Perodicticus, the potto

potto is a single species and is found in the tropical forest belt from New Guinea to western Kenya and central Zaire. (Full text)

Müller, 1766) The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate from the Loridae family. (Full text)

The common potto is about 30 to 39 cm (12 to 15 in) long and has a blunt head with globular eyes and. (Full text)

The Potto is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species] (Full text)

Body size: Slow loris & potto are large: 1 kg. (Full text)

Behavior: The rarely sighted potto is nocturnal, spending the daylight hours dozing in the branches of trees, curled up with its head between its legs. (Full text)

The potto is a slow-moving, nocturnal tree dweller. (Full text)

The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate from the Loridae family. (Full text)

            Experimental work by Cornelius et al (1976) demonstrated that chitinolytic enzymes from the gastric mucosa of the primate, Perodicticus potto, are true chitinases, suggesting that some other vertebrates also secrete a true chitinase. (Full text)

pygmaeus and Perodicticus potto are published. (Full text)

potto is not a member of any public groups (Full text)

The hands of the African potto are specially adapted for gripping tree branches. (Full text)

Potto is not recognised as a valid Royal Mail postcode | Multimap. (Full text)

Perodicticus is also known as Bosman's Potto, after its supposed discoverer, and in some English-speaking parts of Africa it is called a Softly-softly. (Full text)

The Potto are nocturnal, furry strange bush baby type creatures, small with cartoon-cute faces and disproportionately long and skinny limbs. (Full text)

The potto is a small prosimian that feeds on fruit and insects, which they locate by smell. (Full text)

Red-tailed Monkey, Black-and-White Colobus, Chimpanzee and the strangely named Potto are all recorded here » Overnight as above (Full text)