Kinkaju [1] , or poto [2] ( lat. Potos flavus ) - a predatory mammal from the raccoon family that lives in Central and South America. The species stands out in the monotypic genus Potos [3] .
| Kinkaju |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Nadotryad : | Laurasiotherium |
| Rod: | Kinkaju ( Potos Geoffroy & Cuvier , 1795 ) |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Potos flavus
( Schreber , 1774 ) |
| Area |
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 South and Central America |
| Security status |
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Least concernIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 41679 |
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The kinkajou is the size of a small cat, has a rounded head, round wide-spaced ears, a very tenacious tail that helps representatives of the species "fly" from branch to branch (this kind of kinkaju is somewhat reminiscent of monkeys ). A short muzzle with large eyes shaped a bit like a bear.
Thick velvety fur is reddish-brown above, reddish-yellow below. The muzzle is dark brown or blackish. It differs from other species of the raccoon family of kinkaju in the one-color tail, slightly darker than the color of the rest of the fur.
Kinkaju spend their lives in trees. During the day, they hide in the hollows, and at night they go alone or in pairs along the branches of the trees to feed, revealing the speed and agility of their movements.
It eats kinkaju mainly fruits (the harm done to fruit plantations is insignificant), nectar and honey . In addition to fruits, he eats insects , frogs , lizards , bird eggs and small animals.
Kinkaju has a lifespan of about 23 years.
In nature, kinkaju has virtually no enemies. People see kinkaju quite rarely.
Kinkaju takes root well in captivity.
It can serve as a carrier of a bacterial infection of Kingella potus , infection occurs with a bite. Symptoms of the disease are high fever, abdominal pain, headache, blood in the urine [4] .
- ↑ The life of animals. Volume 7. Mammals / ed. V.E. Sokolova . - 2nd ed. - M .: Education, 1989 .-- S. 293. - 558 p. - ISBN 5-09-001434-5
- ↑ Raccoons // Dockers - Zheleznyakov. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1952. - P. 517. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 15).
- ↑ Wilson DE & Reeder DM (eds). Potos // Mammal Species of the World . - 3rd ed. - , 2005. - Vol. 1. - P. 743. - ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 . OCLC 62265494 .
- ↑ An American was infected with a kinkella from kinkajou (neopr.) . MedNews (October 28, 2011). The appeal date is September 3, 2015.
