Perodicticinae
Perodicticinae | |
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Calabar angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | Lorisidae |
Subfamily: | Perodicticinae Gray, 1870 |
Genera | |
Perodicticinae is the subfamily of Lorisidae that includes the four 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
- Family Lorisidae
- Subfamily Perodicticinae
- Genus Arctocebus
- Calabar angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis
- Golden angwantibo, Arctocebus aureus
- Genus Perodicticus
- Potto, Perodicticus potto
- Genus Pseudopotto
- False potto, Pseudopotto martini (status uncertain)
- Genus Arctocebus
- Subfamily Lorisinae
- Subfamily Perodicticinae
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