Perodicticinae

Perodicticinae

Calabar angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Lorisidae
Subfamily:	Perodicticinae Gray, 1870
Genera
Perodicticus Arctocebus Pseudopotto

Perodicticinae is the subfamily of Lorisidae that includes the four species of African primates as shown 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.

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)
- Subfamily Lorisinae

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Extant species of family Lorisidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini

Perodicticinae

Arctocebus (Angwantibos)	Calabar angwantibo (A. calabarensis) golden angwantibo (A. aureus)

Perodicticus	Potto (P. potto)

Pseudopotto	False potto (P. martini)

Lorisinae
(Lorises)

Loris (Slender lorises)	Red slender loris (L. tardigradus) gray slender loris (L. lydekkerianus)

Nycticebus (Slow lorises)	Sunda slow loris (N. coucang) Bengal slow loris (N. bengalensis) Pygmy slow loris (N. pygmaeus) Javan slow loris (N. javanicus) Philippine slow loris (N. menagensis) Bangka slow loris (N. bancanus) Bornean slow loris (N. borneanus) Kayan River slow loris (N. kayan)

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