Potos flavus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Kinkajou

Lateral view of head and forelimb, resting on branch
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Location:UnknownDate taken:Jan 1, 1994

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Mustelida
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, Erlangen.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Lemur flavus

Type material

Pennant's specimen of Potos flavus

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://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005890

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 50 names and synonyms.

Lemur flavus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Pennant's specimen of Potos flavus

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

188

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Müller (1776:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)

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

  1. Müller (1776:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  2. 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)

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. Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Gmelin (1788:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  3. Kerr (1792:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier (1795:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6736995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69298)
  5. Wolf (1796:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  6. Treviranus (1803:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  7. Cuvier (1816:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
  8. Griffith (1822:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  9. 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

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Lemur bicolor

(J. F. Miller, 1782)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49649836

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Miller (1782:pl. 32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49649836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67543)
  2. Gmelin (1788:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  3. Kerr (1792:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  4. Wolf (1796:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  5. Shaw (1800:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  6. Turton (1802:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  7. Fischer (1829:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

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

  1. Kerr (1792:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Campsiurus flavus

(Link, 1795)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272963

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

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. Crisp (1862:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Kinkajou caudivolvula

(de Lacépède, 1799)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caudivolvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lacépède (1799:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  2. Fischer (1803:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  3. Fischer (1813:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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