How many baby Kinkajous are in a litter?
A Kinkajou (Potos flavus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.With 1 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 1 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 116 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 171 grams (0.38 lbs) and measure 18.3 cm (0′ 8″). They are a member of the Procyonidae family (genus: Potos). An adult Kinkajou grows up to a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The kinkajou ( KING-kÉ™-joo) (Potos flavus) is a tropical rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus Potos and is also known as the “honey bear” (a name that it shares with the unrelated sun bear). Kinkajous are arboreal, a lifestyle they evolved independently; they are not closely related to any other tree-dwelling mammal group (primates, some mustelids, etc.). Native to Central America and South America, this mostly frugivorous mammal is not an endangered species, though it is seldom seen by people because of its strict nocturnal habits. However, they are hunted for the pet trade, for their fur (to make wallets and horse saddles) and for their meat. The species has been included in Appendix III of CITES by Honduras, which means that exports from Honduras require an export permit and exports from other countries require a certificate of origin or re-export. They may live up to 40 years in captivity.
Other animals of the family Procyonidae
Kinkajou is a member of the Procyonidae, as are these animals:
- Nasuella olivacea weighting around 1.34 kilograms (2.95 lbs)
- South American coati with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Eastern lowland olingo weighting only 620 grams
- Tres Marias raccoon raching a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Ring-tailed cat with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Eastern lowland olingo weighting around 1.24 kilograms (2.73 lbs)
- Northern olingo with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Crab-eating raccoon with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Raccoon with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Bahamian raccoon with 3 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Kinkajou
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Tropical vlei rat
- Boodie
- Woylie
- Greater bamboo lemur
- Gee’s golden langur
- Daubenton’s bat
- Squirrel glider
- Four-striped ground squirrel
- Red slender loris
- Great flying fox
Animals that get as old as a Kinkajou
Other animals that usually reach the age of 29 years:
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with 24.5 years
- Striped hyena with 24 years
- Northern plains gray langur with 25 years
- Daubenton’s bat with 28 years
- Collared peccary with 24.42 years
- Ryukyu flying fox with 31 years
- Ring-tailed lemur with 30 years
- Potto with 26 years
- Guianan squirrel monkey with 27 years
- Pacific white-sided dolphin with 25 years
Animals with the same weight as a Kinkajou
What other animals weight around 2.45 kg (5.41 lbs)?
- Meller’s mongoose usually reaching 2.24 kgs (4.94 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger usually reaching 2.5 kgs (5.51 lbs)
- Smith’s red rock hare usually reaching 2.25 kgs (4.96 lbs)
- South African springhare usually reaching 2.55 kgs (5.62 lbs)
- Marbled cat usually reaching 2.83 kgs (6.24 lbs)
- Silver dik-dik usually reaching 2.5 kgs (5.51 lbs)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin usually reaching 2.52 kgs (5.56 lbs)
- Long-tailed pangolin usually reaching 2.75 kgs (6.06 lbs)
- Johnston’s genet usually reaching 2.23 kgs (4.92 lbs)
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha usually reaching 2.68 kgs (5.91 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Kinkajou
Also reaching around 51 cm (1′ 9″) in size do these animals:
- Japanese marten gets as big as 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black-headed spider monkey gets as big as 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey gets as big as 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey gets as big as 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Common brushtail possum gets as big as 47.4 cm (1′ 7″)
- Preuss’s red colobus gets as big as 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Swamp rabbit gets as big as 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Arabian gazelle gets as big as 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Black-crested Sumatran langur gets as big as 50.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Lowlands tree-kangaroo gets as big as 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)