The Central African potto (Perodicticus edwardsi), also called Milne-Edwards's potto after Alphonse Milne-Edwards, is a nocturnal strepsirrhine primate of Central Africa. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Perodicticus potto until a 2015 study divided the genus into three species, and it is thought to be the sister species of the East African potto, from which it diverged in the late Miocene about 5.5 million years ago. Its range runs from Nigeria east to the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and south to Angola, with the Niger River as its western boundary. The IUCN rates it Least Concern, an adaptable species found in disturbed and undisturbed forest, though deforestation and the bushmeat trade cause local declines.
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System (Realm) ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 1 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Comparison
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In Biome
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In Ecosystem
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Found In
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Source Central African potto (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
This species ranges from Nigeria east to the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south to Angola.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Central African potto (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
This species ranges from Nigeria east to the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south to Angola.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Central African potto (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
This species ranges from Nigeria east to the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south to Angola.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Central African potto (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
This species ranges from Nigeria east to the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south to Angola.
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1. Central African potto (Wikipedia)
Conservation status
This species is considered Least Concern by the IUCN Red List and is known to be an adaptable species, being found in both undisturbed and disturbed forests, even near human populations.
Habitat
This species is considered Least Concern by the IUCN Red List and is known to be an adaptable species, being found in both undisturbed and disturbed forests, even near human populations.
Threats
However, localized declines may be taking place due to deforestation for agriculture and collection for the bushmeat trade.
Relationship to people
However, localized declines may be taking place due to deforestation for agriculture and collection for the bushmeat trade.
Behaviour
The Central African potto (Perodicticus edwardsi) is a species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primate.
Distribution
This species ranges from Nigeria east to the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south to Angola.
In Group: Primate Species, Lead
The Central African potto (Perodicticus edwardsi) is a species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primate.
Child Taxon Of: Perodicticus, Taxonomy
The Central African potto (Perodicticus edwardsi) is a species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primate.
In Ecosystem: Forest, Conservation
being found in both undisturbed and disturbed forests, even near human populations
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web: Perodicticus potto
Animal Diversity WebConservation Status (account written before the 2015 split of the potto)Quote, Conservation Status (account written before the 2015 split of the potto)
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species considers pottos “Lower Risk/Least Concern” and they are listed under CITES Appendices II and III
Perodicticus (Wikipedia)
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitatQuote, In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
Pottos inhabit the canopy of rain forests in tropical Africa: from Nigeria, Guinea to Kenya and Uganda into the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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