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7 years ago
SO! I didn't post today 'cause I was looking at procyonid (That's plural. Pro-see-on-id. From the family procyonidae). That is the family of animals that raccoons, coati, ringtails, cacomistle, olingo and olinguito, and kinkajou are in.
They eat fruit, insects, small animals including lizards, birds, and rodents, and bird eggs. Also, their diet varies a lot depending on what's available during the season. They'd eat more eggs when birds are laying, more fruit when fruit is available, more rodents when rodents are breeding, et cetera.
They can be found in a bunch of different habitats. Raccoons live in heavily wooded areas, like the temperate rainforest I live in that is filled with Douglass fir and red cedar trees (coniferous with the odd big leaf maple or birch or something like that), ringtails live in Arizonian deserts in riparian environments and kinkajou, cacomistle, and olingo and olinguito all live in lush tropical environments in trees. All need decent access to water.
Most procyonid are nocturnal, with coati being the only diurnal example.
Most species in the family are plantigrade, with the exception of ringtails which are at least partially digitigrade, though they still kinda waddle like raccoons XD
A lot of them (coati, raccoon, ringtails, cacomistle) have black and white striped tails. Tail length ranges from as long as or longer than the body. Most also have distinct facial markings, with exceptions being kinkajou and most olingos or olinguitos.
Kinkajou are also one of two carnivorans with a prehensile tail, meaning it can grab onto branches like a monkey.
They eat fruit, insects, small animals including lizards, birds, and rodents, and bird eggs. Also, their diet varies a lot depending on what's available during the season. They'd eat more eggs when birds are laying, more fruit when fruit is available, more rodents when rodents are breeding, et cetera.
They can be found in a bunch of different habitats. Raccoons live in heavily wooded areas, like the temperate rainforest I live in that is filled with Douglass fir and red cedar trees (coniferous with the odd big leaf maple or birch or something like that), ringtails live in Arizonian deserts in riparian environments and kinkajou, cacomistle, and olingo and olinguito all live in lush tropical environments in trees. All need decent access to water.
Most procyonid are nocturnal, with coati being the only diurnal example.
Most species in the family are plantigrade, with the exception of ringtails which are at least partially digitigrade, though they still kinda waddle like raccoons XD
A lot of them (coati, raccoon, ringtails, cacomistle) have black and white striped tails. Tail length ranges from as long as or longer than the body. Most also have distinct facial markings, with exceptions being kinkajou and most olingos or olinguitos.
Kinkajou are also one of two carnivorans with a prehensile tail, meaning it can grab onto branches like a monkey.
