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KinkajouRelated Category: Vertebrate Zoology (kng´kj´´), nocturnal, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, found from Mexico to Brazil and related to the raccoon.
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Kinkajou Profile
Kinkajous live in the tropical forests of Central and South America, where they spend most of their time in the trees. They are able to turn their feet backwards to run easily in either direction along branches or up and down trunks.
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KinkajouSugar Bear is in the Guinness World Record Book! A kinkajou's life span in captivity is about 23 years. Honolulu Zoo's, Sugar Bear, was the oldest kinkajou ever in captivity, having celebrated his 40th birthday in June of 2002! ...
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Kinkajou - POTOS FLAVUS
Possibly Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria)
Order: Meat-eating Mammals (Carnivora)
Family: Procyonidae.
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Kinkajous are primarily fruit eaters, though they also eat flowers, insects, eggs and even honey. Their sweet tooth has earned them the nickname “honey bear." Here at the Zoo The Children's Zoo is home to our kinkajous.
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The Kinkajou at the Utica Zoo
4/7/97
The kinkajou is in the Carnivora class. It lives in the tropical forests to southern Mexico. It has a long tail to swing back and forth with and also to hang on while eating.
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The kinkajou, Potos flavus, is a furry, long-tailed mammal that lives in of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Kinkajous are (most active at night); during the day, kinkajous sleep in a hollow tree.
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Kinkajous (Potos flavus) are nocturnal animals native to the rainforests of Central and South America. They are part of the order of Carnivora and have razor sharp teeth, however, they are not carnivorous, eating primarily fruit and honey.
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Kinkajous feed primarily on fruit. Among their favored fruits are figs, grapes, bananas, melons, apples, and mangos. They obtain most of their moisture from fruit, but will drink water that has collected on leaves and in nooks in the trees.
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Raccoon Related to the Kinkajou and the panda . A nocturnal mammal from the New World measuring 2 to 3 ft. in total length. In most cases it nests in hollow trees or climbs high to refuge.
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Phocidae " true (earless) seals, elephant seals Canidae " dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, dingos Ursidae " bears, panda Procyonidae " raccoons, kinkajous, ringtails, coatis Mustelidae " weasels, ferrets, skunks, badgers, otters, ...
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Other, smaller carnivores in zoos vary from the familiar, like raccoons, otters, and mongooses, to the less familiar red pandas, coatis, martens, and honey badgers, and the practically unknown cacomistles, kinkajous, linsangs, zorillas, ...
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 See also: Raccoon, Otter, Tiger, Badger, Civet
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