Other distinguishing features of the false potto are in the dentition. The potto ("Perodicticus potto") is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae. The tail, according to Schwartz, is longer than in the potto. The highest recorded life span for a potto in captivity is 26 years. It is closely related to the potto ("Perodicticus potto") and to the various lorises. In 1998, the journal "African Primates" published three papers by primatologists on the false potto. Maturin leaves the potto he had aboard in her care. The common name "potto" may be from Wolof (a tailless monkey). The potto has also occasionally been known to catch bats and small birds. The potto has large territories which it marks with urine and glandular secretions. The potto has a distinct odor that some observers have likened to curry. The potto moves slowly and carefully, always gripping a branch with at least two limbs. Vasily Potto wrote that those to the south usually knew them as Tavlins ("tavlintsy").