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olingos

  • plural
    of olingo.
    olingo
    noun
    any nocturnal, arboreal mammal of the genus Bassaricyon, having large eyes and a long, ringed tail, related to raccoons and coatis, and inhabiting tropical jungles from Nicaragua to Peru and Bolivia: olingos are similar in appearance to the kinkajou, but they lack the kinkajou’s prehensile tail and extrudable tongue.

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One captured olinguito puzzled zookeepers because it refused to breed or mingle with other olingos.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2013

The reddish-orange pelts he saw were nothing like the skins of the larger, brownish olingos.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2013

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