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|이름=포토원숭이<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|쪽=123}}</ref>
|색=동물
|그림=PottoCincyZoo.jpg
|그림_설명=포토원숭이
|상태 = LC | 상태_기준 = iucn3.1 | 상태_출처 =<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|사정=Oates, J. F., Butynski, T. M., Kingdon, J., Bearder, S., Pimley, E. & De Jong, Y.|년도=2008|id=16629|제목=Perodicticus potto|다운로드=2009년 1월 1일}}</ref>
|계=[[동물|동물계]]
|문=[[척삭동물|척삭동물문]]
|강=[[포유류|포유강]]
|목=[[영장류|영장목]]
|아목=[[곡비원류|곡비원아목]]
|하목=[[로리스하목]]
|과=[[로리스과]]
|아과=[[포토원숭이아과]]
|속='''포토원숭이속''' (''Perodicticus'')
|속_명명=[[Edward Turner Bennett|Bennett]], 1831
|종='''포토원숭이''' (''P. potto'')
|학명=''Perodicticus potto''
|학명_명명=([[Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller|Statius Müller]], 1766)
}}

'''포토원숭이''' 또는 '''포토'''(''Perodicticus potto'')는 [[로리스과]]에 속하는 [[곡비원류]] [[영장류]]이다. '''포토원숭이속'''(''Perodicticus'')의 유일한 종이다. "포토"(Potto)라는 명칭은 꼬리없는 원숭이라는 뜻인 아프리카 단어 "파타"(pata)에서 유래했다. 포토원숭이는 또한 '''보스만포토'''(Bosman's Potto)로도 알려져 있는 데, 이는 발견자로 추측되는 이름에서 유래한 것으로 보인다.

다음과 같이 4종의 아종이 확인되고 있다:<ref name=msw3/>
* ''Perodicticus potto potto''
* ''Perodicticus potto edwardsi''
* ''Perodicticus potto ibeanus''
* ''Dai Raybould potto pontyus''

조금 가까운 관계에 있는 종들은 또한 자신의 이름에 "포토"(potto)라는 명칭을 포함하고 있다: [[앙완티보]]로 알려져 있는 2종의 [[골든포토]]와 [[가짜포토원숭이]](False Potto).

== 서식지 ==

포토원숭이는 [[기니]]부터 [[콩고민주공화국]] 북부의 [[케냐]]와 [[우간다]]까지, [[아프리카]] 열대 우림 지역에서 서식한다. 이들은 야행성동물로 낮에는 하루종일 나무 위에서 자는 수목형 생활을 하고, 나무 위에서는 거의 내려오지 않는다.

== 생리학 ==

포토원숭이는 30 ~ 40cm까지 자라고, 짧은 꼬리(3 ~ 10&nbsp;cm)를 지니고 있으며, 몸무게는 최대 1.5 kg에 달한다. 촘촘하고 부드러운 털은 회갈색을 띤다. 나뭇가지를 단단히 붙잡는, 네 손가락과 마주보는 엄지손가락을 가지고 있음에도 불구하고, 집게손가락은 퇴화되어 있다.<!--At the second toes of the hind legs they have the fine claw typical for strepsirrhines. Three of the vertebrae in the Potto's neck have sharp points and nearly pierce the skin; these are used as defensive weapons. Both males and females have large scent glands under the tail (in females, the swelling created by the glands is known as a pseudo-scrotum), which they use to mark their territories and to reinforce pair bonds. Pottos have a distinct odor that some observers have likened to curry.
[[파일:potto.png|섬네일|left|240px|]]

==Locomotion and diet==
Pottos move slowly and carefully, always gripping a branch with at least two limbs. They are also quiet creatures. Their commonest call is a high-pitched '''tsic'',' which is used mainly between mother and offspring.

Studies of stomach contents have shown that the Potto diet consists of about 65% fruit, 21% tree gums and 10% insects. Pottos have also occasionally been known to catch bats and small birds. Their strong jaws enable them to eat fruits and lumps of dried gum that are too tough for other tree-dwellers. The insects they eat tend to have a strong smell, possibly because more palatable insects are snatched up by faster-moving creatures.

==Territorial and reproductive behaviour==

Pottos inhabit firm territories which they mark with urine and glandular secretions, and same-sex intruders are vehemently guarded against, although each male's territory generally overlaps with that of two or more females. Females have been known to donate part of their territories to their daughters, but sons leave their mother's territory upon maturity.

As part of their courting rituals, Pottos often meet for bouts of mutual grooming. This is frequently performed while they hang upside down from a branch. Grooming consists of licking, combing fur with the grooming claw and teeth, and anointing with the scent glands. Pottos mate face-to-face while hanging upside down from a branch.

After a gestation of about 170 days the female gives birth. Births are typically of a single young, but twins are known to occur. The young first are clasped to the belly of the mother, but later she carries them on her back. She can also hide her young in the leaves while searching for food. After about four to five months they are weaned and are fully mature after about 18 months.

==Predators and defences==

Pottos have relatively few predators, because large [[mammal]]ian [[carnivore]]s cannot climb to the treetops where they live, and the [[bird of prey|birds of prey]] in this part of Africa are [[Diurnal animal|diurnal]]. One population of [[chimpanzee]]s living in [[Mont Assirik]], [[Senegal]], was observed to eat Pottos, taking them from their sleeping places during the day; however, this behaviour has not been observed in chimps elsewhere. Pottos living near villages face some predation from [[human]]s, who hunt them as [[bushmeat]]. They are sometimes harassed by [[African Palm Civet]]s, although African Palm Civets are largely [[frugivorous]].

If threatened, a Potto will hide its face and neck-butt its opponent, making use of its unusual vertebrae. Pottos can also deliver a powerful bite. Their [[saliva]] contains compounds that cause the wound to become inflamed.

The highest recorded life span for a Potto in captivity is 26 years.

== 지각과 사회 행동 ==

In a study of [[prosimian]] [[cognition]] conducted in 1964, Pottos were seen to explore and manipulate unfamiliar objects, but only when those objects were baited with food. They were found to be more curious than [[loris]]es and [[lesser bushbaby|lesser bushbabies]], but less so than [[lemur]]s. [[Ursula Cowgill]], a biologist at [[Yale University]] who looked after six captive Pottos for several decades, noticed that they appeared to form altruistic relationships. The captive Pottos were seen to spend time with a sick companion and to save food for an absent one. However, there is no confirmation that this behaviour occurs in the wild.

== 인류 문화에서 포토원숭이 ==
The Potto is not particularly familiar to people outside Africa, but some will know it from its appearance in [[Patrick O'Brian]]'s Aubrey-Maturin novels. [[Virginia Woolf]]'s nickname was 'Potto,' and [[James Thurber]] sketched a Potto for a series of animal cartoons. [[André Gide]] wrote an [[autobiographical]] story entitled ''Dindiki ou le pérodictique potto''.
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== 각주 ==
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== 외부 링크 ==
{{위키생물종|Perodicticus|포토원숭이속}}
{{위키생물종|Perodicticus potto|포토원숭이}}
* [http://members.tripod.com/uakari/perodicticus_potto.html 포토원숭이(''Perodicticus potto'')]
* [http://www.brown.edu/Research/Primate/lpn24-1.html#potto 사육생활하는 야행성 원원류, 포토원숭이(Perodicticus potto) 집단의 수명.] Article by Ursula Cowgill et al. from the Laboratory Primate Newsletter.
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=219682&action=stream&blobtype=pdf A bidiurnal cycle in the feeding habit of Perodicticus potto.] Article by Cowgill from Zoology magazine.
* [http://www.primates.com/potto.htm 2마리 포토원숭이의 칼라 사진]
* [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/links/perodicticus 영장류 정보넷 포토원숭이속(''Perodicticus'') 정보]

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