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honey bear
honey bear see bear ; kinkajou .
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How do you do, kinkajou?(facts about kinkajous)
Magazine article from: U.S. Kids; 4/1/1995; 515 words
; ...sound you would hear if you snuck up on a kinkajou (KINK-UH-joo). This long-tailed...from more than a mile away. So meet the kinkajou. Or, as Brazilians call him, the night...this little mammal really swings! The kinkajou has a prehensile tail. He uses his tail...
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Kinkajou Repeatedly Attacks Elderly Woman
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/15/2005; 405 words
; ...the "night monkey," the kinkajou is kin to the raccoon. Kinkajous usually weigh 4 to 8 pounds...cream to dark brown. The kinkajou is a tree dweller, a native...Despite rumors that other kinkajous are loose in the area, Mask...
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Kinkajou Repeatedly Bites Elderly Woman
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/16/2005; 405 words
; ...the "night monkey," the kinkajou is kin to the raccoon. Kinkajous usually weigh 4 to 8 pounds...cream to dark brown. The kinkajou is a tree dweller, a native...Despite rumors that other kinkajous are loose in the area, Mask...
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'The Oldest Kinkajou in Captivity'.(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/13/2006; 393 words
; ...by the name, and so are you, By the cacophony of kinkajou. The fact that it was almost twenty-eight Makes those who love their language hesitate, And yet, O kinkajou, O kinkajou, The problem is I love the rhythm too, And want...
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Clarence the kinkajou collared on North Side
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/1/1990; ; 525 words
; ...officials to determine he was a kinkajou, a furry, long-tailed...South America. Not just any kinkajou, mind you, but a movie star...We've never had a kinkajou before," said Peter Poholik...at Lincoln Park Zoo, said kinkajous are members of the raccoon...
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Kinkajou Flees Zoo, Bites Bus Passenger
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/4/2007; 342 words
; MEXICO CITY - A kinkajou, also known as a honey bear - that...passenger, officials said Tuesday. The kinkajou, which is about the size of a small...Zoo said it was a "martucha," or kinkajou, a nocturnal animal native to Central...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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New state champ can spell `kinkajou' - but can you?(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...letters in the right order in the words "kinkajou" and "frontispiece" to become the...word, "epizootic," Kashtan nailed "kinkajou" and "frontispiece" for the title...word was all that familiar to him. Of kinkajou, a slender long-tailed mammal of Central...
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Sweet little Shaman, the new kinkajou
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 4/11/2006; ; 396 words
; ...Edinburgh Zoo after the attraction unveiled its new kinkajou. The one-year-old male kinkajou is called Shaman and arrived at the park in...before being taken out to greet visitors. Kinkajous are also known as "honey bears" both because...
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Pet Kinkajou Takes Bite of Paris
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/12/2006; 384 words
; ...ANGELES - Paris Hilton got no love this week from her pet kinkajou Baby Luv - in fact, the racoon-like animal bit her. The...checked out by a veterinarian on Wednesday. "I don't view kinkajous as aggressive animals. The same kind of thing could have...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Where cat and kinkajou lived in harmony
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-06-2003 Where cat and kinkajou lived in harmony By MARTHA McKAY, STAFF WRITER Date: 05...There we would play among this peaceful menagerie where cat and kinkajou lived in harmony. An expert on zebras, squirrels, giraffes...
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kinkajou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...when the animal climbs. Kinkajous also have a long extrudable...nectar and honey. The kinkajou spends most of its time...true bear of SE Asia. Kinkajous are classified in the...E. Young, Phoebe the Kinkajou, (1985).
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Rio Rita
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...the bandit called “The Kinkajou,” Esteban tells Rita that...Rita until Jim proves “The Kinkajou” is none other than Esteban himself. Notable songs : The Kinkajou; The Rangers' Song; Rio Rita...
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raccoon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...found on Caribbean islands. The raccoon family also includes the New World coatimundi , cacomistle (ring-tailed cat), and kinkajou as well as the red panda . Raccoons are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora...
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bear
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...45 kg). It spends much time in trees and is fond of honey; it is sometimes called honey bear (a name also applied to the kinkajou ). The sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, is a medium-sized bear of the forests of S India and Sri Lanka. The North American...
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Raccoons
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Raccoons Raccoons are foxlike carnivores of North and South America that belong to the same family (Procyonidae) as the coatis, kinkajou, and the lesser panda. The most common species is the northern raccoon (Procyon lotor), which has numerous subspecies...
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