Potos flavus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Kinkajou

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Procyonidae
Genus : Potos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. Heft 9. Pp. 129–190 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1775. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Erster Theil. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.3541#0133

Original name as described

Lemur flavus

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Surinam.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005890

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Potos flavus caucensis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caucensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14186

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus boothi

G. G. Goodwin, 1957

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

boothi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-172183

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-172183

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63232921

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus chiriquensis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

chiriquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-18926

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-18926

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Potos flavus tolimensis

J. A. Allen, 1913

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

tolimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-32722

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-32722

Authority page

481

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891371

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus chapadensis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

chapadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-353, AMNH MS-1412

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1412

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Potos flavus modestus

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.6.79

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331554

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Potos flavus aztecus

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

aztecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.8.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6180ddd8-b60a-4dd0-acea-6d35cccdd42c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/976d45b8-ede3-44c0-83fa-7ccee533ac1a

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331553

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus meridensis

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

meridensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.7.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f9fc8db-89c1-4edc-9af8-ccca6c6d24e9

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331553

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Potos flavus mansuetus

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

mansuetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.10.2.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bbc91a52-3b8d-43f8-8700-a6206f61786a

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818599

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus dugesii

Villa-Ramírez, 1944

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

dugesii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CNMA 212

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Zoología

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Nasua nocturna

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1826)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

nocturnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZUSP 7381

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972346

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Fischer (1829:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Lemur flavus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

188

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Viverra prehensilis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664193

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus isthmicus

E. A. Goldman, 1913

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

isthmicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179042

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34a65691b-20b9-4d5c-81bf-8ac5fe3a9f54

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910654

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus campechensis

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1931

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

campechensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181266

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/332c5c9dc-c716-42b7-887f-40a2d1698715

Authority page

482

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39914876

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus arborensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1938

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

arborensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:250320

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3afc90605-ab11-4730-b272-fdee2b849926

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus guerrerensis

E. A. Goldman, 1915

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

guerrerensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:74683

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371430f7c-4c91-4177-babc-ede732fee6b6

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3338563

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lemur flauus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flauus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872867

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Kincajou caudivolvulus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033404

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Kinkaschu caudivolvulus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Cercoleptes caudivolvulus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Fischer (1829:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  4. Lesson (1842:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Tschudi (1845:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  6. Blyth (1863:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  7. True (1885:608, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Potos caudivolvulus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207608

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Bangs (1902:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Potos flavus

von Ihering, 1911

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798745

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

  1. Ihering (1911:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  2. Goodwin (1946:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41679/45215631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Potos flavus flavus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Potos flavus megalotus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

megalotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Potos flavus nocturnus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

nocturnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Mustela potto

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

potto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217666

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra caudivolvula

(von Schreber, 1777)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 125B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064714

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra Caudivolvola

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Leipzig

Viverra caudivolvula

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664193

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Ursus caudivolvulus

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637195

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lemur Bicolor

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150775

Authority publication

London

Cercoleptes lepidus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

viverra caudivolvula

(G. Cuvier, 1816)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844654

Authority publication

Paris

Cercoleptes lepidus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority publication

book

Cercoleptes brachyotus

(W. C. L. Martin, 1837)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570809

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cercoleptes megalotus

(W. C. L. Martin, 1837)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

megalotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570809

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Smith (1842:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Cercoleptes brachyotos

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

brachyotos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cercoleptes caudivolvulus

(O. Thomas, 1880)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

400

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522570

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cercoleptes caudivolvulus

(von Pelzeln, 1883)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423279

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus brachyotus

Trouessart, 1910

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

A6

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus brasiliensis

von Ihering, 1911

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798746

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

  1. Ihering (1911:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Potos flavus modestus

Lönnberg, 1921

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413151

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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