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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 213 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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. 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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