KGW8

Here's where the kinkajou found at a Washington rest stop now lives

TACOMA, Wash. — The new home for a kinkajou found abandoned at a Yakima rest stop in June has been announced. "Oscar" is now housed at the Millbrook School's Trevor Zoo, it announced over the weekend.
abc7NY

Florida woman finds exotic kinkajou sleeping on her chest in middle of night

MIAMI, Fl. -- A 99-year-old Florida woman got quite the surprise in the middle of the night when she awoke to find an exotic animal on her chest. The woman said she opened her eyes and saw the animal ...
New York Post

Tiny kinkajou, a rainforest critter indigenous to South America, found crawling through Washington state

Washington officials were left scratching their heads this week when they found a mammal indigenous to the rainforest crawling along a stretch of desert. The kinkajou — also known as a honey bear — ...
KREM

Trooper called to capture kinkajou at Washington rest stop 'thought it was a joke' at first

TACOMA, Wash. — A kinkajou discovered abandoned at a rest stop in central Washington is now being cared for at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The young kinkajou, a nocturnal rainforest mammal ...
WVUE FOX 8 News

Troopers rescue rainforest animal called a kinkajou from dusty highway rest stop

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Why did the kinkajou cross the road? And what’s a kinkajou, anyway? One of the mammals — which look like a cross between a monkey and a tiny bear — was found far from its normal ...
WOKV

Rainforest animal known as a kinkajou rescued from highway rest stop

YAKIMA, Wash. — A kinkajou was found in southeast of Yakima, Washington earlier this week, according to officials. “We don’t know if it was dropped off or escaped.” Hello from our friendly Kinkajou!