Definition of "potto" []

• Any of several small nocturnal African primates of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, having a pointed snout, large eyes and ears, and a stumplike index finger and tail. (noun)

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• "Check out photos of a newborn potto, baby orangutan and some playful tiger cubs."
• "There are small primate populations of potto Perodicticus potto, western black and white colobus Colobus polykomos, red colobus Colobus badius (EN), diana monkey Cercopithecus diana (EN), lesser bushbaby Galago senegalensi and chimpanzees Pan troglodytes (EN) which are close neighbors of the tool-using population in Bossou."
• "I would keep it in a grotto, if I only had a potto, and I'd feed it on risotto"