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potto (POT-oh) - n., any of several African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, which has a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
On of the slow-moving primates who creeps up on its insect prey -- and indeed its English name in west Africa is softly-softly. Name is of uncertain origin -- which is to say, we definitely got it from Dutch, but whence they did is uncertain, though Wolof pata, a type of tail-less monkey, has been suggested.
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---L.
On of the slow-moving primates who creeps up on its insect prey -- and indeed its English name in west Africa is softly-softly. Name is of uncertain origin -- which is to say, we definitely got it from Dutch, but whence they did is uncertain, though Wolof pata, a type of tail-less monkey, has been suggested.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
