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title: "West African Potto"
description: "Perodicticus potto — Mammals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/west-african-potto
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# West African Potto

> Perodicticus potto — Mammals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Perodicticus potto*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 73
- Wikidata: [Q747610](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747610)
- iNaturalist taxon: [549032](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/549032)

## Names

- en: West African Potto
- de: Potto
- es: Poto Mayor Occidental
- fr: Potto de Bosman
- nl: Potto
- pt: Potto
- pl: Potto wielki

## Countries with the most observations

GH (37), CI (11), BJ (6), LR (3)

## Photo

![West African Potto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/west-african-potto/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perodicticus_potto_-_Royal_Museum_for_Central_Africa_-_DSC06787.JPG

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/west-african-potto?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).