#0436 · 🦊 mammals

Kinkajou

🇳🇱 Kinkajoe ·Potos flavus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The kinkajou (/ˈkiŋkədʒuː/ KING -kə-joo ) ( Potos flavus ) is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus Potos and is also known as the "honey bear" (a name that it shares with the sun bear). Kinkajous may be mistaken for ferrets or monkeys, but are not closely related to either. Native to Central America and South America, this mostly frugivorous, arboreal...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,499iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,499 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1774 (252 years ago).