Cercoleptes

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + λήπτης (lḗptēs, “grasping”).

Proper noun

Cercoleptes m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cercoleptidae – the kinkajous, now Potos.

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “Cercoleptes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.