Food Preferences of Kinkajous (Potos flavus): A Frugivorous Carnivore

The diet of the kinkajou (Potos flavus) is described from analyses of feces and observations of habituated individuals. Ripe fruit was the primary food comprising 90.6% of feeding bouts and present in 99% of feces. Leaves and flowers made up

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Published in:Journal of mammalogy 1999-05, Vol.80 (2), p.589-599
Main Author: Kays, Roland W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal ethology
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Diet
Feces
Fruiting
Fruits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Limbo
Mammalia
Mammals
Monkeys
Panama
Plants
Potos flavus
Primates
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Vertebrata
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Summary:The diet of the kinkajou (Potos flavus) is described from analyses of feces and observations of habituated individuals. Ripe fruit was the primary food comprising 90.6% of feeding bouts and present in 99% of feces. Leaves and flowers made up
ISSN:0022-2372
1545-1542
1545-1542
0022-2372
DOI:10.2307/1383303