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The potto (''Perodicticus potto'') is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae. It is the only species in genus ''Perodicticus''. It is also known as Bosman's potto, after Willem Bosman who described the species in 1704,〔Smeenk, C., L.R. Godfrey & F.L. Williams. The early specimens of the potto ''Perodicticus potto'' (Statius Müller, 1776) in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, with the selection of a neotype. Zool. Med. Leiden 80-4 (12), 10.xi.2006: 139-164 ISSN 0024-0672.〕 and in some English-speaking parts of Africa, it is called a "softly-softly". == Taxonomy == There are four recognized subspecies:〔 * ''Perodicticus potto potto'' * ''Perodicticus potto edwardsi'' * ''Perodicticus potto ibeanus'' * ''Perodicticus potto stockleyi'' However, variation among pottos is significant, and there may, in fact, be more than one species. A few closely related species also have "potto" in their names: the two golden potto species (also known as angwantibos) and the false potto. Although it has been suggested that the differences that separate the false potto from the potto are a result of an anomalous specimen being used as the holotype which may have been a potto. The Central- and South American kinkajou (''Potos flavus'') and olingos (''Bassaricyon'' sp.) are similar in appearance and behavior to African pottos, and were formerly classified with them (hence ''Potos''). Olingos and kinkajous are now known to be members of the raccoon family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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