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Potos flavus (kinkajou)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Lemur flavus was named by Schreber (1774). It is extant.

It was recombined as Potos flavus by Bertram and Biewener (1990).

Subspecies
P. tolimensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Lemur flavus Schreber
1990Potos flavus Bertram and Biewener p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribePotosiniTrouessart 1904
genusPotosGeoffroy and Cuvier 1795
speciesflavus(Schreber 1774)

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Potos flavus Schreber 1774 [kinkajou]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available