
Potos flavus (von Schreber, 1774) Material examined. Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge; 09°52'25"N, 085°03'30"W; 370 m alt.; 20.04.2018; direct observation. Identification. Medium-sized. The fur is golden yellow and rather woolly. The head is broad, with a short snout and small and rounded ears. The tail is long. Normally nocturnal and arboreal. The kinkajou is the only New World carnivore with a prehensile tail (Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). Recorded in the study area in different habitat types.
Published as part of Fonda, Federica, Vezzani, Liam, Mena Aguilar, Luis Ángel, Venegas-Elizondo, Carlos Andrés, Bolaños Brenes, Alexander, Lopez, Dayron Manuel, Romeo, Giuseppe, Sonetti, Dario & Dal Zotto, Matteo, 2025, Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica, pp. 37-74 in ZooKeys 1260 on pages 37-74, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800
Mammalia, Carnivora, Procyonidae, Potos flavus, Animalia, Potos, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy
Mammalia, Carnivora, Procyonidae, Potos flavus, Animalia, Potos, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy
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