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Kinkajous

Kinkajous . By: Jackie Smythe . About the Kinkajou . The typical kinkajou is pretty small and it has a very long tail. A kinkajou uses its long tail to grasp branches so it can use its small hands to grab fruit.

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Kinkajous

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  1. Kinkajous By: Jackie Smythe

  2. About the Kinkajou The typical kinkajou is pretty small and it has a very long tail. A kinkajou uses its long tail to grasp branches so it can use its small hands to grab fruit. Also when the kinkajou is born its mother cares for it for the first 2 months. Within weeks the kinkajou learns how to find its own food A there way around the forest. The mother does they do this so this so the baby kinkajou can survive without its mommy bringing things to him/ her.

  3. Kinkajou’s habitat Kinkajous live in the tropical forests of Central and South America, where they spend most of their time in the trees. A kinkajou often sleeps in a canopy on high trees with their tail wrapped around a branch below.

  4. What does a kinkajou look like and act like? • A kinkajou has fur with soft, short, hair that can be various shades of brown or yellow. Its tail is used to grasp branches when a kinkajou climbs. • Kinkajous also have a long tongue, possibly used to reach nectar and honey. Also a kinkajou lives up to normally 23 years but there is 1 kinkajou that is 40 years old and is still alive!!!!

  5. Are Kinkajous endangered? The kinkajou is not an endangered species but they are close to the list. However, they are taken for their fur to make wallets and horse saddles. Also they take them to eat their meat. Also people mistake the little kinkajou as a pet when they are strictly a wild animal.

  6. Today's impact The impact from today is that many trees are getting cut down. which hold many food sources and homes for the kinkajou. Because the of this, the kinkajou population is decreasing .Even though a kinkajou is normally not recognized you never know how much it can help other animals population.

  7. Fun facts 1.)Kinkajou are able to turn there feet backward and run easily in the other direction along branches or up and down tree trunks. 2.)One of the kinkajous cousins is a raccoon. 3.) kinkajous are not meant for house pets and if you keep them as house pets there will be a fined. 4.) when a kinkajou gets scared it hisses. 5.) when a kinkajou is scared or frightened it not only hisses but when its mom is there it make a soft whistling noise to calm the kinkajou down. 6)Kinkajous use to be called sugar bear but in 2006 as you should know now they changed it to kinkajous.

  8. The End Thanks for watching my PowerPoint about kinkajous !!! They all love you and thank for taking care of there environment

  9. Credits • See D. MacClintock and E. Young, Phoebe the Kinkajou, (1985). Source Citation:  "Kinkajou." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000.   Reproduced in Kids InfoBits.  Detroit:  Gale, 2011.   http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits • www.Nationalgeographic.com • www.grolieronline.com • www.wickipeda.com

  10. This is dedicated to…. Kinkajous and to … My family and friends  By: Jackie Smythe and my friend the kinkajou (sugar bear)

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