 The false potto ( Pseudopotto martini ) is a lorisoid primate of uncertain taxonomic status found in Africa . Anthropologist Jeffrey H. Schwartz named it in 1996 as the only species of the genus Pseudopotto on the basis of two specimens ( consisting only of skeletal material ) that had previously been identified as pottos ( Perodicticus potto ) . The precise provenances of the two specimens are uncertain , but at least one may have come from Cameroon . Schwartz thought the false potto could even represent a separate family , but other researchers have argued that the supposed distinguishing features of the animal do not actually distinguish it from the potto ; specifically , the false potto shares several features with West African pottos . 
