🐾Kinkajou
Kinkaju eli kierteishäntäkarhu (Potos flavus) on Keski- ja Etelä-Amerikan sademetsissä elävä puolikarhulaji. Laji on joskusmilloin? luokiteltu virheellisesti puoliapinaksi tai sivettieläimeksi.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 2.42 kg
- Body length
- 0.63 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 38 years
Everything we know about the Kinkajou
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.42 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.63 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass27 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan38 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 38 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation116 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 115 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.22 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density34 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.4 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Kinkajou yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyProcyonidae
- ›genusPotos
- ›speciesPotos flavus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyProcyonidae
- genusPotos
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyProcyonidae
- genusPotos
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