Kinkajou
Potos flavus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Potos flavus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Procyonidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- South America, North America
- Habitat
- Rainforest
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its ankles turn 180 degrees, so it can run backwards along branches almost as easily as forwards.
- Despite the nickname honey bear, it is a relative of raccoons and coatis.
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Similar animals
- Raccoon
Procyon lotor
- Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
- Brown bear
Ursus arctos
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q254630 · All animals · All entries