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  Potto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pottos inhabit the canopy of rain forests in tropical Africa, from Guinea to Kenya and into the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pottos grow to a length of 30 to 40 cm with a short (3 to 10 cm) tail and their maximum weight is 1.5 kg.
The Longevity of a Colony of Captive Nocturnal Prosimians (Perodicticus potto).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Potto   (991 words)

  
 

Loris

In the case of the potto and the golden potto, there is usually not even a trace of a second finger.
Combining the reduction of the second finger with the increased length of the fourth finger and the highly abductable thumb, pottos and golden pottos have the longest possible span for grasping branches.
Pottos live in the tropical forests of the West African coast from Guinea to the Congo and from Gabon to West Kenya.
www.snowcrest.net /goehring/a2/primates/loris.htm   (1659 words)

  
 Golden Potto (Arctocebus aureus)
The Golden potto tends to forage alone (Lee et al.
The Golden potto mainly moves on supports of small diameters because of its small size, 40% have a diameter less than 1 centimeter and 52% of supports are between 1 and 10 centimeters (Walker, 1979; Charles-Dominique, 1974).
The birth season for the Golden potto is from the middle of the dry season to the beginning of the wet season that corresponds to the months of January to April (Sabater Pi, 1972).
members.tripod.com /uakari/arctocebus_aureus.html   (1026 words)

  
 Potto - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Pottos live in tropical Africa, from Guinea to Kenya and into the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Although they do not live in social groups, Pottos often meet for bouts of mutual grooming, which is frequently performed while they hang upside down from a branch.
Pottos have relatively few predators, but are sometimes harassed by African Palm Civets.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Potto   (802 words)

  
 Potto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Potto (''Perodicticus potto'') is a strepsirrhine primate from the Loridae family.
Two related species with "Potto" in their name are the Golden Potto and the False Potto.
Pottos inhabit firm territories which they mark with urine and same-sex intruders are vehemently guarded against, although male and female territories can overlap.
potto.kiwiki.homeip.net   (338 words)

  
 Angwantibo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are also known as golden pottos because of their yellow or golden coloration.
Their fur is yellow brown to golden in color.
Their snout is more pointed than that of the other lorids and this, along with their round ears, gives it the bear-like appearance that lends them their name in German: "bear monkey".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Golden_potto   (324 words)

  
 ADW: Arctocebus calabarensis: Information
Golden pottos, Arctocebus calabarensis, are endemic in western equatorial Africa, and are found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Zaire.
Golden pottos copulate only at the end of the estrous cycle, when the female is about to ovulate.
Pottos are solitary animals who forage and sleep alone, although throughout the year, a male makes contact with females resident in his home range.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Arctocebus_calabarensis.html   (1172 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A female Potto and Slow Loris in fact signals that she is ready to mate by hanging from her feet.
The neck of the potto (Perodicticus potto) (left) is protected at the back by a shield created by spines (4 elongated vertebrae that protrude through the shoulder blades in sleeves of skin) which are covered by hard, cornified thickened skin.
The potto may suddenly bite its attacker, or use its spiny shield as a battering ram to dislodge the attacker from the branch.
www.szgdocent.org /resource/pp/p-loris.htm   (1519 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Pottos only eat such noxious prey because tastier prey are snapped up by faster hunters.
Pottos move very slowly, but when they are close enough to an insect or other prey item they can snatch it very quickly with either their hands or their mouths.
Pottos forage and sleep alone, but the male makes regular contact with the females in his territory during the night throughout the year.
www.szgdocent.org /resource/pp/p-loris3.htm   (659 words)

  
 Calabar Potto (Arctocebus calabarensis)
The Calabar potto tends to forage alone (Lee et al.
The Calabar potto mainly moves on supports of small diameters because of its small size, 40% have a diameter less than 1 centimeter and 52% of supports are between 1 and 10 centimeters (Walker, 1979; Charles-Dominique, 1974).
The birth season for the Calabar potto is from the middle of the dry season to the beginning of the wet season that corresponds to the months of January to April (Sabater Pi, 1972).
members.tripod.com /uakari/arctocebus_calabarensis.html   (1012 words)

  
 Poto - PROCURER OF THE OBSCURE. PoTO Books & Herbs Company PARANORMAL, OCCULT and METAPHYSICAL. PoTO Books & ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Potto Station in 1951 with a G5 (NER Class O) No. The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate from the Loridae family Two related species with "Potto" in their name are the Golden Potto and the False Potto.
The single species, P. Potto, is found in the tropical forest belt from Guinea Perodicticus: Primates Lorisidae Perodicticus.
Potto (Perodicticus potto), photo by Ernest P. The Potto is a small prosimian that feeds on fruit and insects, which they locate by smell.
www.destarter.com /potto/poto.html   (484 words)

  
 Dear Dr Tatiana - The Ecologist
My boyfriend is the handsomest golden potto I ever saw.
He’s got beautiful golden fur on his back, creamy white fur on his belly, he smells delicious, and he has ever such dainty hands and feet.
Golden pottos are little-known relations of bush babies: small, night-climbing primates that are distant cousins of monkeys and apes.
www.theecologist.org /current_issue/dr_doctor_tatiana.htm   (882 words)

  
 UK Potto info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Their commonest call is a high-pitched ' tsic,' which is used mainly between mother and offspring.
The Potto is not particularly familiar to people outside Africa, but some will know it from its appearance in Patrick O'Brian 's Aubrey-Maturin novels.
Virginia Woolf 's nickname was 'Potto,' and James Thurber sketched a Potto for a series of animal cartoons.
www.uk-informations.4that.info /potto-info.php   (730 words)

  
 Lorises, Pottos, Galagos (Bush Babies) & Tarsiers
The lorises, pottos and galagos, like lemurs, can be distinguished from monkeys and apes (and tarsiers) by having a moist snout and having a face covered with hair.
The potto is found in tropical forests of the west African coast from Guineau to the Congo and from Gabon to western Kenya.
Alterman exposed an African palm civet, a potto predator, to this secretion and the civet "let out a scream that was audible from several hundred meters." Female pottos use this deterrent by coating their young with it, parking them on a branch overnight, while the females go out foraging.
www.sfcelticmusic.com /js/LEMURS/lorises.htm   (1654 words)

  
 loris-conservation.org, homepage - links
Loris lorises potto pottos taxonomy species subspecies Lorisiformes Lorisoidea Loroidea Lorisidae Lorisinae Loridae lorids Lorinae Asian lorises Slender lorises genus Loris Slender loris India: Marathi: wanur-manushiya Wanur-Maunshya.
Calabar potto ; angwantibo ; golden potto French: Potto de Calabar.
Tailed potto false potto ; Martin's false potto.
www.loris-conservation.org   (1909 words)

  
 JS Online:Birds & bees . . . & so much more
Philandering females have triggered an interesting evolutionary arms (or, in many cases, genitalia) race between males that want to ensure their own genes are passed on to the next generation.
For instance, the golden potto, a relation of the nocturnal primates called bush babies, grow enormous spines on their penises.
Potto, is to scrape out sperm left behind by her numerous successful suitors, as well as to advertise his reproductive fitness.
www.jsonline.com /enter/books/reviews/aug02/70247.asp?format=print   (481 words)

  
 Table 2 b
Conservation database for lorises (Loris, Nycticebus) and pottos (Arctocebus, Perodicticus), prosimian primates
The database is supposed to contribute to protection of loris and potto populations in the wild, to pure breeding of correctly identified stock and adequate care in captivity, and as a general support for researchers and other interested users.
Review of synonyms for taxonomic names of lorises and pottos (genus, species, subspecies, populations).
www.species.net /Primates/loris   (969 words)

  
 Elenamary - de aquí y de allá » Blog Archive » Can you tell?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
She wants me to do some kind of Indigenous (Purépecha) spiritual thing that involves doing mescaline and some kind of steam-room/sauna thing in order to find out what kind of animal spirit I have.
I think I am a golden potto or a female red-billed buffalo weaver.
Prentiss, but the golden potto gets a lot of play time, and I wouldn’t mind that.
www.elenamary.com /blog/can-you-tell   (640 words)

  
 All That Glitters.... quiz -- free game
This US state is known as the "Golden State".
This breed of dog, originating in Scotland about 1865, is one of the most popular breeds in the world today.
If you're a bear who lives in a cabin in the woods, you might find this small, towheaded intruder in your bed.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=121619   (236 words)

  
 angwantibo WELLBUTRIN Drugstore : Wellbutrin Pharmacy : Anti-Depression Medicine
Loris and potto distribution maps, index in Vietnam species not distinguished Africa: habitats, faunal barriers Arctocebus sp., Angwantibo This data review in the present state does not answer the question which populations are
H2G2 The angwantibo, or golden potto as it is sometimes referred to as is an elusive creature native to Ethiopia but is also found in parts of the Republic of the Congo Nigeria and the Democratic
The Primates: Prosimians: Part II The Asian lorises and their close African relatives, the potto s and angwantibo s, are slow, deliberate climbers and creepers on forest branches.
plumbism.blog4.bloggedsite.com /1143311466.html   (473 words)

  
 WWF - Minkebe Forest
Golden cats, leopards, giant pangolinsa and large numbers of duikers and bushpigs are found everywhere where human disturbance (especially hunting) is minimal or non-existent.
Sixteen species of primate have been recorded in Minkebe, five of which are listed in the IUCN Red Data Book as species of concern: Western Lowland Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Black Colobus, Mandrill and Golden Potto.
Botanically, the Minkebe forest block and adjoining regions is believed to be the most diverse in Africa.
www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/africa/what_we_do/apes_programme/projects/index.cfm?uProjectID=GA0003   (1615 words)

  
 Prosimians (Prosimiae): Mammals
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) - Facts, Status, Description, Range, Habitat, Biology, Threats, Conservation.
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) - Text and Images.
Planet der Halbaffen - Allgemeines, Leguren, Katzenmakis, Indris, Sifikas, Fingertiere, Galagos, Loris, Pottos, Koboldmakis.
www.infochembio.ethz.ch /links/en/zool_saeuget_halbaff.html   (541 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> potto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
binomial_authority = (Statius Müller, 1766) }} {{otheruses}} The Potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate from the Lorisidae family.
, who co-wrote several articles about pottos with Ursula Cowgill.]]
Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, edited by John Robinson and Elizabeth Bennett (Columbia University Press, 1999)
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/potto   (984 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The Angwantibo [Arctocebus calabarensis]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Its body is short and compact, while its limbs are proportionately long and agile.
In common with other pottos, it has large, front-set eyes which are highly adapted to nocturnal settings.
Its tail is no more than a rudimentary stump, and is usually concealed beneath the creature's fur, whereas the animal's ears are round and naked, while the hands and feet are only sparsely-furred.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2622322   (708 words)

  
 Zoology -- Primates -- Prosimians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
-- Golden Bamboo Lemur -- [ *rnp
-- [ Southern ] Golden Potto -- [ amd ]
-- Martin's False Potto -- (known from 2 specimens) [ wisc ]
www.origins.tv /darwin/zoo/prosim.htm   (631 words)

  
 Skatty's Primate Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Lorisidae include the Loris, which are found in Asia, and the Potto, which live in Africa.
They climb with hand-over-hand movements, never leaping between branches.
During the night they stealthily stalk insects or forage for fruit.
primates.jinun.com /lori.shtml   (96 words)

  
 Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
The letters of distressed creatures serve as jumping-off points for Judson's lessons on sexual diversity in nature.
For instance, Spooked in Gabon is concerned that her golden potto boyfriend has enormous spines on his penis, launching Dr. Tatiana into an erudite discussion of penile acoutrements ("many of them look like medieval torture instruments").
Bring Back the Ladies in Norfolk is a male moorhen who feels threatened by the aggressive behavior of the females of his species.
kimallen.sheepdogdesign.net /Reviews/sexadvice.html   (513 words)

  
 AWIC Newsletter , Jul.-Sep. 1993, 4(3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The feeders became a source of interest and stimulation for the tamarins.
The Golden-headed Lion tamarins stripped off the bark over the gum sites to gain access to the gum that had been injected into the holes, whereas the Golden Lion tamarins were observed probing the gum-filled holes and then eating the gum from their fingers.
Having the opportunity to demonstrate their natural gum-foraging behavior stimulated some of the animal's other natural behaviors, i.e., compatible sharing of feeders and feeding sites (Pygmy marmosets), methods of food acquisition (marmosets and tamarins, Golden Lion tamarins and Golden-headed Lion tamarins), and territoriality and dominance (Black-tailed marmosets).
www.nal.usda.gov /awic/newsletters/v4n3/4n3.htm   (5452 words)

  
 Move over, Dr. Phil! - Salon
Girls, if you ever find yourselves in the same predicament, your best bet is to head butt the poor spider."
True, she also notes that comparative studies indicate that such genital extras suggest that "female golden pottos sometimes sleep around" -- if she were writing for a newspaper, I bet the editors would take that out.
Tatiana also issues the occasional "wake up and smell the coffee" letter.
dir.salon.com /story/sex/feature/2003/01/27/tatiana/index.html?pn=2   (807 words)

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