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kinkajou
/ˈkɪŋkəˌd͡ʒuː/
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What does kinkajou mean?
noun
- Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.
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/ˈkɪŋkəˌd͡ʒuː/
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/ˈkɪŋkəˌʒuː/
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Some few species alone have passed the barrier, and may be considered as wanderers from the south, such as the puma, opossum, kinkajou, and peccari.
The Jupurá.—A curious animal, known to naturalists as the Kinkajou, but called Jupurá by the Indians of the Amazons, and considered by them as a kind of monkey, may be mentioned in this place.