Kinkajou - martilla; Potos flavus: a nocturnal,
arboreal relative of raccoon with light brown fur (to 20 inches, with 20 - inch prehensile tail).
These enormous creatures —
relatives of today's two - and three - toed
arboreal sloths but with higher metabolisms and thus greater speed — emerged about 30 million years ago and roamed the Americas, the Caribbean, and Antarctica.