Wild. Not what I expected either, but a straight-forward ID. The prehensile tail rules out olingos. Bananas in a hav-a-heart or some other live trap works; I've helped catch them in Panama. Interesting creatures. I knew someone who had one. They eat mostly fruit and nectar, but they're still carnivores that have big canine teeth and can bite.
Kevin From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul R Sweet Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Cesar Castillo; NYSBIRDS-L Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Unknown mammal - escaped illegal pet @ Jamaica Bay East Pond Trail Baited Tommahawk traps would be appropriate, set in the trees. http://www.livetrap.com/index.php?dispatch=tags.view&tag=Raccoons aI suspect Gateway have some of these for trapping Racoons, Cats etc at the Plover sites. From: Thomas Rhindress <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: Thomas Rhindress <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 12:51 PM To: Paul Sweet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Cesar Castillo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Unknown mammal - escaped illegal pet @ Jamaica Bay East Pond Trail Agree, It is a kinkajou - Potos flavus - native to Central America and northern South America. Member of the raccoon familyProcyonidae. Also illegal to keep in NYC according to the ASPCA website. Who would one contact to attempt a capture? Tom Rhindress - Yorktown Heights, NY -- [Image removed by sender.]<http://goog_1544726016> * Payroll Assistant @ Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc * NY Certified Earth Science, Biology, & 7-12 General Science Teacher * Homemaker -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
