kinkajou
a small, brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South American rainforests, having a prehensile tail and extrudable tongue, related to raccoons and coatis: Although kinkajous are sometimes mistaken for similarly featured ferrets, they are not related.
Origin of kinkajou
1- Also called honey bear .
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That explains the popularity of exotics like the kinkajou, which looks like a furry human baby, even though it’s closely related to raccoons than to primates.
They much resemble the kinkajou in external appearance, but the skull and teeth are more like those of Procyon and Nasua.
It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou.
The kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of Demerara belongs to this family.
Natural History in Anecdote | VariousThis disposition of the generative parts is still further modified in a few animals, such as the Rat and the kinkajou.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
British Dictionary definitions for kinkajou
/ (ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː) /
Also called: honey bear, potto an arboreal fruit-eating mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, with a long prehensile tail: family Procyonidae (raccoons) order Carnivora (carnivores)
Origin of kinkajou
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