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How many babies does a Potto have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Pottos are in a litter?

A Potto (Perodicticus potto) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 193 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 37 grams (0.08 lbs) and measure 1.3 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Loridae family (genus: Perodicticus). An adult Potto grows up to a size of 32 cm (1′ 1″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Potto is 1

The potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae. It is the only species in the genus Perodicticus. It is also known as Bosman’s potto, after Willem Bosman, who described the species in 1704. In some English-speaking parts of Africa, it is called a “softly-softly”.

Other animals of the family Loridae

Potto is a member of the Loridae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Potto

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Potto

Other animals that usually reach the age of 26 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Potto

What other animals weight around 1.08 kg (2.38 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Potto

Also reaching around 32 cm (1′ 1″) in size do these animals: