kinkajou
/king-kuh-joo/US // ˈkɪŋ kəˌdʒu //UK // (ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː) //
锦江区
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a small, brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South American rainforests, having a prehensile tail and extrudable tongue, related to raccoons and coatis: although kinkajous are sometimes mistaken for similarly featured ferrets, they are not related.
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That explains the popularity of exotics like the kinkajou, which looks like a furry human baby, even though it’s closely related to raccoons than to primates.
They much resemble the kinkajou in external appearance, but the skull and teeth are more like those of Procyon and Nasua.
It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou.
The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of Demerara belongs to this family.
This disposition of the generative parts is still further modified in a few animals, such as the Rat and the Kinkajou.
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