(n.) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.
(n.) The kinkajou.
Example Sentences:
(1) A female Perodicticus potto developed a subcutaneous spherical mass on the medial aspect of the inguinal area.
(2) However the metabolic rate of Aotus is not reduced to the extent found in two hypometabolic prosimians Perodicticus potto and Nycticebus coucang.
(3) The karyotypes of two Lorisidae (Prosimians) Nycticebus coucang and Perodicticus potto have been studied, using many banding techniques.
(4) As these few cones seem to activate the bipolar cells nearly as effectively as the numerous rods, it is suggested that these cones may be responsible for day vision in the potto.
(5) In tree shrews and galagos muscle is heavier (35%) than in pottos and slow lorises (below 28%), but bone and skin are lighter.
(6) Convergences in segment pattern (sloths with pottos and lorises, marmosets with tree shrews, owl monkeys with galagos, cebus with macaques) as well as divergences are documented.
(7) In a cold environment the daily urinary excretion of catecholamines of the tropical but cold hardy potto is only moderately increased.
(8) Nevertheless in potto the critical fusion frequency is higher for red light than for blue light.
(9) A spherical mass on the medial aspect of the thigh and caudal abdomen of a 15-year-old female Perodicticus potto was surgically removed and shown to be a myeloliposarcoma.
(10) There is histological evidence for the presence of cones in potto's retina: about 1 cone for 300 rods.
(11) The dopamine, dopac and tyrosinehydroxylase contents of the caudate nucleus in the prosimian Perodicticus potto and in the simii Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis have been estimated.
(12) The following species were represented: Potto, Senegalgalago, wooly monkey, black spider monkey, common marmoset, cottonhead tamarin, pigtailed macaque and lesser whitenosed guenon.
(13) The concentrating ability of the kidney in Perodicticus potto was investigated.
(14) The same carcinogen applied to the skin of pottos (Perodicticus potto) caused death in 6 of the 7 animals within 9 weeks.
(15) In the potto's retina some red sensitive elements respond to wavelenghts beyond those which affect visual purple.
(16) Bromine is unexpectedly high in the potto tumor, in other tumor analyses reported in the literature, as well as in the only available embryonic tissue from the female potto, a placenta.
(17) On comparison of the West African potto with two other prosimian myoglobins known so far, there were 12 differences between the potto and the galago (East African) and 18 differences between the potto and the sportive lemur (Madagascar).
(18) The results do not support the hypothesis according to which the sluggishness of the potto is somehow related to a low dopamine content of part of the extrapyramidal system as found in the Parkinson-syndrome.
(19) Based on our observation that the potto may excrete uric acid in fairly high concentrations, the partition of nitrogen in the urine was also explored.
(20) The primary structure of the myoglobin of the prosimian Lorisidae Perodictius potto edwarsi (potto) was studied.
Rainforest
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) I was encouraged by a website called Rio Hiking , which lured me in with exciting descriptions of scaling Sugar Loaf and Corcovado, of rafting rivers, rappelling waterfalls and forging paths through rainforest, but they failed to answer my emails.
(2) The village is situated inside a nature reserve in the Ituri rainforest, an area covering 5,000 square miles that is supposed to be off limits to hunters and gold prospectors.
(3) Indonesia has greatly under-reported how much primary rainforest it is cutting down, according to the government's former head of forestry data gathering.
(4) The draw left England facing a trip to Manaus in the humid rainforest where they will play Italy in Manaus on 14 June in their opening Group D match.
(5) A Greenpeace spokesperson : "Asia Pulp and Paper has been responsible for the destruction of vast swaths of Indonesia's rainforests, including areas of habitat for the critically endangered Sumatran tiger.
(6) Counsell says: “If that is done, there is the possibility to increase palm oil production without causing the environmental damage that we’ve seen in Borneo, while bringing much needed developmental improvements to the communities in those regions.” Watch the palm oil debate interactive: From rainforest to your cupboard: the real story of palm oil - interactive The palm oil debate is funded by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
(7) To put it less cryptically, it may well be that a confidential deposition of a relevant witness may short cut months of argument about appropriate processes and save (at least) part of one small rainforest.
(8) The project is also working with the World Bank on an emergency package to stimulate private sector finance for rainforest nations.
(9) Last Thursday, at an event hosted by the Prince of Wales, I set out plans for working with the private sector and rainforest countries so that the timber and foodstuffs we buy do not cause deforestation.
(10) It’s after that notice something missing in the rainforest-like landscape: undergrowth.
(11) Top tip: The Hall of Mosses trail in Hoh is a short, one-mile loop through old growth rainforest.
(12) Some plantation companies, prompted by their customers, have promised to stop destroying the rainforest.
(13) Most of it lives in the Amazon rainforest, home to one in 10 of all the plant and animal species in the world.
(14) Like the strikingly similar landscapes of low wiry vegetation that you can now see in some former rainforest areas in the tropics, these habitats have been created through repeated cycles of cutting and burning.
(15) The prince, who has long campaigned for the survival of rainforests , said that forest protection would be key to a successful deal.
(16) "The longer we all argue about minutiae and statistics, the more rainforest disappears.
(17) Drilling for oil in a part of the Amazon rainforest considered one of the most biodiverse hotspots on the planet is to go ahead less than a year after Ecuador's president lifted a moratorium on oil drilling there.
(18) That is why I established a Rainforests Project to try to promote a consensus on how tropical deforestation might be significantly reduced.
(19) Many Gabonese also pointed out that five days to count 600,000 votes – Gabon is a country with vast rainforests but a tiny population – was excessive.
(20) It was a crucial moment: between 2001 and 2002, 26,000sq km (10,000 sq miles) of rainforest had been lost.