Kĭnk'a-jou', n.

noun

n. [Fr. kinkajou, quincajou, carcajou, the indigenous American name. Cf. CARCAJOU.] (Zool.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal in South America. It is about as large as a full-grown cat, and has a prehensile tail. It is the Cercoleptes caudivolvulus of Illiger.

A kinkajou clambers along a branch among leafy twigs. — Kinkajou (*Cercoleptes caudi-volvulus*).