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--> FAMILY Procyonidae
--> GENUS Potos
--> SPECIES flavus
SUBSPECIES Potos flavus flavus
Author: | Schreber, 1774. | Citation: | Die Säugethiere, 1(9): pl. 42[1774]; see also text, p. 187[189](index)[1774]. | Type Locality: | "Er ist, der Sage nach, auf den Gebirgen in Jamaica einheimisch"; restricted by Thomas (1902b) to "Surinam". Ford and Hoffmann (1988) and Husson (1978) discussed the confusion over the name and type locality. | |
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brachyotos (Schinz, 1844) brachyotus (Martin, 1836) caudivolvula (Schreber, 1777) caudivolvulus (Cuvier, 1798) caudivolvulus (Lacépède, 1799) potto (Müller, 1776) simiasciurus (Schreber, 1774)
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