A review of the primates . LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES. 1812. E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Annales du Museum dHistoire Naturelle, Paris. The Potto of Bosman is here named Nycticebus Bennett, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. The genus Perodicticus is here instituted, and Nycticebus POTTO Geoffroy renamed P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Binianes et Quadrumanes. Perodicticus potto is here renamed Potto Bouvier, Guide du Naturaliste. Perodicticus edwardsi first De Winton, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Perodi
A review of the primates . LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES. 1812. E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Annales du Museum dHistoire Naturelle, Paris. The Potto of Bosman is here named Nycticebus Bennett, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. The genus Perodicticus is here instituted, and Nycticebus POTTO Geoffroy renamed P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Binianes et Quadrumanes. Perodicticus potto is here renamed Potto Bouvier, Guide du Naturaliste. Perodicticus edwardsi first De Winton, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Perodicticus edwardsi is renamed P. 0. Thomas, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Perodicticus ibeanus, and P. ju-ju first O. Thomas, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Perodicticus faustus first described. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. The range of the members of this genus is not yet definitelyknown, as but one species has been familiar to IMammalogists for any. Perodicticus potto. No. 12434 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. Coll. Nat. Size. PERODICTICU S 39 length of time. Of the four forms recognized, three are found on thewestern part of the African Continent, one on the eastern. P. potto,the most northerly of the known species, is found on the Gold coastto Sierra Leone, but its dispersion is not accurately known. P. ju-juis a native of Southern Nigeria, and P. edwardsi goes from Camerooninto French Congo; and at Irneti, Central Congo, P. faustus wasfound. On the east side of Africa in the Kakamega forest withinBritish Territory P. ibeanus was procured. KEY TO THE SPECIES. A. Tail very short, length about one inch; muzzle short, blunt. a. Teeth small. a. Head and neck grayish brown P. potto. b. Head and neck drab gray, no black on .P. Head and neck grizzled hoary gray, shoulders and forehead blackish P. ibeanus. d. Head and neck drab, hairs tipped with hoary P. faustus. b. Teeth large P. edwardsi. Peeodicticus
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