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Potos flavus (kinkajou)

Mammalia - 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
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—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)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 09:30:53
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:57:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Rose 1987

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Potos flavus (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Potos flavus (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Potos flavus (21687)