Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Primates • Subordo: Strepsirrhini • Infraordo: Lorisiformes • Familia: Lorisidae • Genus: Perodicticus • Species: Perodicticus potto (Statius Müller, 1766)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'West African potto']

English: Potto, West African Potto, Western Potto, Potto Gibbon
العربية: بوتو
مصرى: بوتو
Kotava: Boonsyatol
български: Пото
brezhoneg: Poto Bosman
català: Poto
čeština: Poto velký
dansk: Potto
Deutsch: Potto
español: Poto Occidental
euskara: Potto
فارسی: آهسته‌رو
suomi: Potto
fɔ̀ngbè: Loki
français: Poto de Bosman, Potto
עברית: פוטו
हिन्दी: पोटो
hrvatski: Poto
magyar: Pottó
日本語: ポットー
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಪಾಟೊ
한국어: 포토원숭이
лакку: Потто
lingála: Ebeya
norsk bokmål: Potto
Nederlands: Potto
norsk: Potto
Diné bizaad: Eʼeʼaahjí Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ magí áláchʼį́dígíí
polski: Potto wielki, Lori potto
português: Potto
русский: Обыкновенный потто
संस्कृतम्: पोट्टो
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Poto
svenska: Potto
удмурт: Потто
Tiếng Việt: Vượn gấu
中文: 樹熊猴
中文（中国大陆）: 树熊猴
中文（简体）: 树熊猴
中文（繁體）: 樹熊猴
中文（香港）: 樹熊猴
中文（臺灣）: 樹熊猴

Included subspecies (for Mammal Species of the World (2005), 30 July 2012):

P. p. edwardsi, P. p. ibeanus, P. p. potto

Note: For ITIS & Mammal Species of the World (2005), this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Perodicticus (Retrieved on 30 July 2012).