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.