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Potto
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the native name of the West African slow-lemurs, popularly miscalled "sloths," and scientifically known as Perodicticus, a name referring to the aborted condition of the index finger, which forms their most distinctive feature. The ordinary potto (P. potto) is about the size of a squirrel, but with Poultry And Poultry-Farming large staring eyes, and a mere stump of a tail; its general colour is rufous brown. Bates's potto (P. batesi), of the Congo, is nearly allied; but the awantibo (P. [Arctocebus] calabarensis), of Old Calabar, differs by the complete loss of the tail (see Primates) .
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Potto'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/potto.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Potto'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/potto.html. 1910.
