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- Metro Animal Care and Control found a South American kinkajou in Nashville.
- The agency will keep the kinkajou until an owner provides proof of ownership and a permit, requiring potential owners to email maccinfo@nashville.gov.
- If no owner is located, the agency will arrange a suitable placement but will not offer the kinkajou for adoption.
- The department described kinkajous as nocturnal members of the Procyonidae family, commonly called “honey bears.”
