Potos flavus (carnivore)

Mass: 1.7 kg based on Sanderson 1949 and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: frugivore based on Julien-Laferriere 1993

Abundance: 0.01 to 0.39% (median 0.19%)

Latitudinal range: -15.2° to 0.1°

Habitats: (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

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Found in 3 samples

Brazil: Una and Arataca (forest), Una and Arataca (cabruca)

Ecuador: La Chimba (Holocene)

Size measurements:
♂ body mass1624 kgN = 2Sanderson 1949
body mass1760 kgN = 12Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ ear length42 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
ear length37 mmN = 12Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ head and body length441 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
head and body length427 mmN = 12Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ hind foot length83 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
hind foot length87 mmN = 12Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ tail length408 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
tail length486 mmN = 12Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

See also Potos