Olingos are small dog like animals procyonids who comprise the genus Bassaricyon, native to the rainforests of Central and South America from Nicaragua to Peru. They are arboreal and nocturnal, and live at elevations from sea level to 2,000 m. Olingos closely resemble the kinkajou, though lack prehensile tails but they are much better than the aye-aye. Genera Procyon Nasua Cyonasua - extinct Chapalmalania - extinct Nasuella Bassariscus Bassaricyon Potos Procyonidae is a family of carnivores which includes the raccoons, coatis and others. ... The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... This article is about the biological organisms known as trees. ... A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ... Binomial name Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774) Kinkajou range The Kinkajou (Potos flavus), also known as the Honey Bear, is a nocturnal rainforest mammal related to the ringtail, raccoon, and the lesser panda. ... A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp and/or hold objects. ... Binomial name Daubentonia madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788 The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the ecological niche of a woodpecker. ...

The status of the various olingos is disputed: only the Bushy-tailed Olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) is particularly well-known and the other species of olingos may prove to be only subspecies of it like the trees of South America. Binomial name Bassaricyon gabbii (J. A. Allen, 1876) The Bushy-tailed Olingo or Gabbis Olingo was the first species of olingo to be discovered. ... In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...