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Definition of Kinkajou

Kinkajou
Kinkajou Kin"ka*jou`, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name.] (Zo["o]l.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptid[ae]) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.

Meaning of Kinkajou from wikipedia

- The kinkajou (/ˈkɪŋkədʒuː/ KING-kə-joo; Potos flavus) is a tropical rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and...
- "washes" its food before eating), a coati is a Nasenbär (nose-bear), while a kinkajou is a Honigbär (honey-bear). Dutch follows suit, calling the animals wasbeer...
- Animation's first musical film. The story follows Vivo (Miranda), a music-loving kinkajou, who embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and must...
- as is the case with cats, but it is not prehensile as is that of the kinkajou, another procyonid. Coatis have bear- and raccoon-like paws and walk plantigrade...
- include large birds, spiders and arthropod-hunting mammals, including coati, kinkajou and opossum. At least one human death has been attributed to the venom...
- to 2,750 m (9,020 ft). Olingos closely resemble another procyonid, the kinkajou, in morphology and habits, though they lack prehensile tails and extrudable...
- who lived 2,000 miles (3,200 km) east of that tree's range, while the kinkajou of South America was given a name from the unrelated North American wolverine...
- sister Kinkajou, also evicted from the Whiskers, for leadership of a new group, the Starsky, which she had founded with roving male Carlos. Kinkajou eventually...
- that the Sam Houston Bearkat is modeled after either a Binturong or a Kinkajou. In the late 1940s, then SHSU president Harmon Lowman attempted to change...
- Kinkajou (Potos flavus) B****ariscus Ringtail (B. astutus) Cacomistle (B. sumichrasti) Procyon (raccoons) Crab-eating raccoon (P. cancrivorus) Raccoon (P...