Luna originally came from a breeder and was bought by the Frankfort TPA Park Zoo. This unaccredited zoo closed down in 2025 due to many USDA violations.

Luna is estimated to be about 10 years old and is smaller than our other Kinkajou, Chu.

Luna loves bananas, watermelon, and blankets.

Kinkajous are arboreal, and Luna refuses to eat any food that falls on the ground, even though she does explore the bottom of her habitat.

ANIMAL FACTS

• Commonly called “nightwalker” or “honey bear”
• They use their long, skinny tongues to slurp honey from hives
• Kinkajous are a tropical rainforest mammal, related to olingos, coatimundis and raccoons
• Kinkajous are nocturnal, foraging at night and spending the day in hollow trees or lying on limbs
• Agile and fast, they jump from tree to tree gracefully and noisily, their prehensile tail aiding them with balance and to hold onto trees
• They are noisy animals and bark when they are disturbed
• Kinkajous can turn their feet backwards when descending head first down a tree
• They are classified as carnivores because of their skull structure and sharp teeth though they rarely eat meat and are cared for like an omnivore