Kinkajou
Field guide
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Kinkajou

Potos flavus

Overview

The Osa Peninsula, Arenal and Manuel Antonio are among the six atlas places where the Kinkajou is recorded. Its records concentrate in French Guiana, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador. The atlas holds 407 open records of this member of the Procyonidae family across 12 countries.

Because this mammal is recorded in both hemispheres, the recording seasons differ by region. Each place page in the atlas shows the particular months recorded there.

Records
407
Countries
12
Atlas places
6
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Kinkajou as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • French Guiana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 216 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 53 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 47 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 36 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 27 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Belize
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Honduras
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Guyana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Kinkajou