Central African potto
| Central African potto | |
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| Specimen at the Royal Museum for Central Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Lorisidae |
| Genus: | Perodicticus |
| Species: | P. edwardsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Perodicticus edwardsi Bouvier, 1879 | |
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The Central African potto (Perodicticus edwardsi) is a species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primate. It is found in Central Africa. It is also known as Milne-Edwards's potto, after Alphonse Milne-Edwards.