Kinkajous (Potos Flavus), also known as Night Monkeys or Honey Bears, and Olingos (genus Bassaricyon) are both members of the Racoon family. Kinkajous weigh about 2-3 kg and are about 40-60 cm in length with a prehensile tail approximately 40-55 cm long. They have a brown-grey coloured outer coat with large eyes, small ears, short legs and a slender extrudable tongue.
Olingos are similar but lack prehensile tails and extrudable tongues, and have more extended muzzles. Both live solitary lives in the forest canopy and are nocturnal by nature. It is very difficult to tell Kinkajous and Olingos apart. When
