Least ConcernCrab-eating Raccoon
Procyon cancrivorus
Mammals · Carnivora · Procyonidae
Potos flavus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
Nicknamed the honey bear for its fondness for nectar, it is one of the few carnivores with a fully prehensile tail, which it uses as a fifth limb to move through the canopy.
Weight
1.4 kg – 4.6 kg
Size
40 cm – 60 cm
Life expectancy
24 years
Diet
Frugivore
Feeds mainly on fruit.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: AnAge · Blue Planet Biomes · Animals.net · SDZWA Library Fact Sheet · Lamar University · Animal Spot · Animalia.bio · Animal Diversity Web · AnimalHub
Best time: All year round in neotropical forests, at night; it is found in trees laden with fruit, above all fig trees.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 61.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Kinkajou — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about kinkajou.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
