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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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Synonyms:

    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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