Potos flavus (von Schreber, 1774)

Material examined.

Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge; 09°52'25"N, 085°03'30"W; 370 m alt.; 20.04.2018; direct observation .

Identification.

Medium-sized. The fur is golden yellow and rather woolly. The head is broad, with a short snout and small and rounded ears. The tail is long. Normally nocturnal and arboreal. The kinkajou is the only New World carnivore with a prehensile tail (Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). Recorded in the study area in different habitat types.