Kinkajou
Sugar 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! ...
Kinkajou
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(kng´kj´´), nocturnal, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, found from Mexico to Brazil and related to the raccoon.
Kinkajou
Genus: Potos
Species: flavus
Fifty degrees North to fifteen degrees South, and thirty-five degrees to sixty-five degrees in the Amazon Rainforest lives a mammal called the kinkajou.
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.
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.
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.
KINKAJOU
A long-tailed, nocturnal mammal from rainforests in the Americas.
LEOPARD
Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.
Kinkajou (P. flavus)
Procyon
Crab-eating Raccoon (P. cancrivorus) Â- Raccoon (P. lotor) Â- Cozumel Raccoon (P. pygmaeus) ...
Olingos closely resemble the kinkajou in morphology and habits, though they lack prehensile tails and extrudable tongues, have more extended muzzles, and possess an anal scent gland.
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.
Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.
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It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou. It is about the size of the brown bear, is covered with long, black hair, and of extremely uncouth aspect.
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, ...
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, ...
The Quetzal is therefore relatively easy prey for other tree-dwelling animals to catch and is preyed upon by mammals such as the Kinkajou, along with squirrels and birds of prey including Hawks and Owls.
Raccoons are members of the Family Procyonidae which includes the cacomistle, kinkajou and coatis.
Fascinating night life comes to light during this adventure with several nocturnal denizens. Discover amazing characteristics and adaptations that have allowed these animals to be successful in the dark. Representatives might include a kinkajou, ...
Aloe (Aloe longistyla)
Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana)
Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis)
Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
Cactus (Arthrocereus melanurus) ...
In some species they can be partially retracted. The tail of of species, the kinkajou, is prehensile, and that of coatis is very mobile and is used for balancing during climbing. Males have a well-developed, bilobed baculum.
 See also: Raccoon, Otter, Tiger, Badger, Civet
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