Kinkajou

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Kinkajou
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae Genus: Potos Species: flavus
Binomial name
Potos flavus

The Kinkajou (Potos flavus) is a nocturnal rainforest mammal related to the raccoons. Occasionally known as the Honey Bear, an adult Kinkajou usually weighs only 5-6 pounds. Classified as a carnivore and equipped with sharp teeth, they actually prefer to eat fruit. Living high in South American trees, they are not a particularly rare animal but they are not often seen by people.

Like raccoons (also members of the family Procyonidae), kinkajous have remarkable manipulatory abilities, in this respect rivalling primates.

Reference

Rensch, B., & Ducker, G. (1969). Manipulatory ability of a kinkajou with extended behavior chains. Zeitschrift fuer Tierpsychologie, 26, 104-112.

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