POTTO
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V22,
Page 213
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
POTTO
, the native name of the See also:West See also:African slow-lemurs, popularly miscalled " sloths," and scientifically known as Perodicticus, a name referring to the aborted See also:condition of the See also:index See also:finger, which forms their most distinctive feature
.
The See also:ordinary potto (P. potto) is about the See also:size of a See also:squirrel, but with
large staring eyes, and a See also:mere stump of a tail; its See also:general See also:colour is rufous See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown
.
See also:Bates's potto (P. batesi), of the See also:Congo, is nearly allied; but the awantibo (P
.
[Arctocebus] calabarensis), of Old See also:Calabar, differs by the See also:complete loss of the tail (see See also:PRIMATES)
.
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