TTMT 072 Golden Potto Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Team Trunk Monkey Turnpike - "TTMT"
This series of caches runs along this stretch of 4-lane road, which features a wide paved shoulder along it's entire course. These caches will all be on the South / East side of the road. There will be caches of several different sizes and types, and the hiding spots will vary in difficulty and terrain, as the locations allow. As such, several of these caches will have you walking through tall grass & looking through vegetation. During the "tick season" it is highly recommended to use a quality insect repellent, and as always if it is sunny out, use a good sunblock too.
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Golden Potto
Arctocebus aureus
MORPHOLOGY:
The average body mass for this species ranges from 266 to 465 grams. The Golden potto has a reduced tail. The index finger is reduced. The second digit on each toe functions as a grooming claw. This species has a nictitating membrane, which is unique amongst primates. This species has a pelage coloration that is reddish brown on the dorsal side and reddish buff on the ventral side. On the face, there is a white line from the brow to the nose.
RANGE:
This species is found in the following countries: Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. This species lives in tree-fall zones in primary and secondary forests, farmland edges, in forestry plantations, and in agricultural plantations.
ECOLOGY:
This species is primarily insectivorous, and eats mostly those insects that are unpalatable to other insectivores, but will also eat fruit. The diet of the golden potto is made up of 85% animal prey and 14% fruits. Caterpillars are the most common insects consumed with beetles, ants, and crickets also eaten. This species will consume insects rejected by other animals. The Golden potto tends to forage alone. Before eating a caterpillar, an individual will wipe its hands along the caterpillar, removing most of the hairs that could cause an irritation. Gums constitute a scarce part of the diet of this species. This species is found between 5 and 15 meters in the dense undergrowth preferring to spend most of the time on lianas and small branches. The Golden potto sleeps in trees with dense foliage cover. This is a nocturnal and an arboreal species.
LOCOMOTION:
This species is a quadrupedal climber. The type of quadrupedal locomotion is slow and stealthy in which three limbs are always grasping a support when moving. The Golden potto mainly moves on supports of small diameters because of its small size, 40% have a diameter less than 1 centimeter and 52% of supports are between 1 and 10 centimeters. When resting, this species may hang beneath a branch.
ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR:
This species will role up into a ball, keeping the mouth open hidden beneath the armpit. If it is attacked, then it will bite the predator on the snout, not letting go. Infants will cling tightly to their mothers when she is alarmed. The newborns are born with eyes open and have the ability to cling to their mother's fur or tree branches.
REPRODUCTION:
This species gives birth to a single offspring. The gestation length for this species ranges from 131 to 136 days. The interbirth interval for this species is 4 months. The birth season for the Golden potto is from the middle of the dry season to the beginning of the wet season that corresponds to the months of January to April.
Additional Hints
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