That's exactly what happened to a 99-year-old woman in Florida. At first she thought it was a cat, but then she got a good look it and realized it was a kinkajou. "A kinkajou is native to Central and South America," veterinarian Dr. Don Harris explained.
The kinkajou fled to an attic after the woman woke up. Several media outlets in south Florida report the owner of the kinkajou has come forward after it was brought to an animal sanctuary. According to National Geographic: "Kinkajous live in the
If it weren't for this couplet in a poem from E.B. White's book, The Trumpet of the Swan, I probably wouldn't have heard of a kinkajou until I saw one in the forest in Costa Rica during a tropical field course in 1992. These animals only occur from
Un kinkajou perdido que fue encontrado en el interior de la casa de una mujer de 99 años de edad, en el suroeste del Condado de Miami-Dade, se reunió con su propietario este miércoles. El kinkajou, cuyo nombre es Banana, es parte de la familia de los
Native to Central and South America, kinkajous are small rain forest-dwelling mammals that are most active at night. As mentioned they aren't common here, it's possible to get a permit to keep one as a pet. In fact, the bed-sharing kinkajou turns out