Arctocebus calabarensis

(J. A. Smith, 1860)

Calabar Angwantibo

Captive juvenile. Also as Angwantibo, Golden Potto of Calabar.
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Location:Nigeria, Enugu state, Nsukka, University of Nigeria, 6 51'N, 7 24'EDate taken:1 March 1967Description:Captive juvenile. Also as Angwantibo, Golden Potto of Calabar.

Distribution :

C Africa, between Niger and Sanaga Rivers.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3217

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lorisiformes
Family: Lorisidae
Subfamily: Perodicticinae
Genus: Arctocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, J.A. 1860. Notice of the "Angwantibo" of Old Calabar, Africa; an Animal belonging to the Family Lemurina; and apparently to the Genus Perodicticus, of Bennett. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 2:172-192.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722294

Original name as described

Perodicticus Calabarensis

Other common names

Angwantibo · Golden Potto of Calabar

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Nigeria, Old Calabar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Perodicticus Calabarensis

J. A. Smith, 1860

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Old Calabar

Type locality

Nigeria.

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722294

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:693, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Trouessart (1904:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Arctocebus calabarensis:

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681470

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1863:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
Carus (1868:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36932290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61667)
Gray (1871:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Milne-Edwards (1871:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69142)
Elliot (1913:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Allen (1939:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2054/17969996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arctocebus Calabariensis:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Nycticebus calabarensis:

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895352

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Arctocebus calabarensis calabarensis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Lorisidae

Root name

calabarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782203

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

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