Potos flavus (Schreber 1774)

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Potos flavus (Schreber 1774)

[Lemur] flavus Schreber 1774 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 1, 9: pl. 42 [1774]; see also text, p. 187 [189] (index) [1774].

Type Locality: "Er ist, der Sage nach, auf den Gebirgen in Jamaica einheimisch"; restricted by Thomas (1902 b) to " Surinam ". Ford and Hoffmann (1988) and Husson (1978) discussed the confusion over the name and type locality .

Vernacular Names: Kinkajou.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. flavus Schreber 1774

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. chapadensis J. A. Allen 1904

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. chiriquensis J. A. Allen 1904

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. megalotus Martin 1836

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. meridensis Thomas 1902

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. modestus Thomas 1902

Subspecies Potos flavus subsp. nocturnus Wied-Neuwied 1826

Distribution: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico (S Tamaulipas and Guerrero and possibly Michoacan), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Hondurus); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Cabrera (1957), Husson (1978), and Ford and Hoffmann (1988). Revised by Kortlucke (1973) and Hernández-Camacho (1977). Synonyms allocated according to Ford and Hoffmann (1988).