kinkajou

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Cuvier says the kinkajou is found in the larger Antilles, but this is doubtful.

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  1. noun An arboreal mammal (Potos flavus) of Central and South America, having brownish fur and a long, prehensile tail. Also called honey bear.

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  • New additions include a kinkajou and a sloth, both natives of the Costa Rican rain forest. —  KeysNews.com -
  • Cuvier says the kinkajou is found in the larger Antilles, but this is doubtful. —  The Voyage of the Beagle
  • Cuvier says the kinkajou is found in the larger —  The Voyage of the Beagle
  • We also spotted a kinkajou, a nocturnal animal that was out late and that our guide had never seen before in his ten years of living there. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Some few species alone have passed the barrier, and may be considered as wanderers from the south, such as the puma, opossum, kinkajou, and peccari. —  The Voyage of the Beagle
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  1. French quincajou, wolverine, probably blend of Ojibwa gwiingwa'aage and Montagnais kuàkuàtsheu.

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  1. South American (?).
 

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/ˈkɪŋkədʒu/
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