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Show The Kinkajou The kinkajou is a species of the raccoon family found in South America, and sometimes known as a honey bear, a yellow lemur, a manaviri, and even 1 Mexican weasel. wea-sel. The adult is the size of a large cat and its fur is short, thick and yellowish b.own in coloring with shadings of deep brown on the neck and over the back and ribs. A peculiar pe-culiar feature of this covering is the flexibility of the skin. It can be j stretched several inches from the body with no discomfort to the animal ani-mal and serves as a great protec- I tion when attacked. The long tail is much the same as a monkey's and i used in the same fashion for holding or grasping an object. I |