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Some facts about the
Potto
Adult weight : 1.225 kg (2.695 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 27 years
Female maturity :547 days
Male maturity : 547 days
Gestation : 170 days
Weaning : 118 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 198 days
Weight at birth : 0.044 kg (0.0968 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 2 W
Body mass : 0.969 kg (2.1318 lbs)
Temperature : 35.85 °C (96.53 °F)
Potto
Order : Primates
Family : Loridae
Species : Perodicticus potto
The Potto gibbon, potto is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda
Facts about the potto
The slow cautious moving lorises and pottos are hard to spot by predators and the fast moving galagos are hard to catch. (Full text)
potto is a single species and is found in the tropical forest belt from New Guinea to western Kenya and central Zaire. (Full text)
The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine (Full text)
The common potto is about 30 to 39 cm (12 to 15 in) long and has a blunt head with globular eyes and. (Full text)
The common potto is about 30 to 39 cm (12 to 15 in) long and has a blunt head with globular eyes. (Full text)
The Potto is a (Full text)
Behavior: The rarely sighted potto is nocturnal, spending the daylight hours dozing in the branches of trees, curled up with its head between its legs. (Full text)
The potto is a slow-moving, nocturnal tree dweller. (Full text)
The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate from the Loridae family. (Full text)
Lorises and pottos are nocturnal. (Full text)
In captivity pottos are reported to be omnivorous, but erratic in the (Full text)
potto is not a member of any public groups (Full text)
Pottos are slow moving quadrapeds. (Full text)
Potto is not recognised as a valid Royal Mail postcode | Multimap. (Full text)
Lorises and pottos are small (85 g - 1. (Full text)
Lorises and pottos are slow movers. (Full text)
The potto is a small prosimian that feeds on fruit and insects, which they locate by smell. (Full text)
Lorises and pottos are nocturnal and move slowly and deliberately, (Full text)
1. potto, kinkajou, Perodicticus potto -- (a kind of lemur)potto
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Perodicticus potto
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