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South American coati

Nasua nasua

Photo by LauraMark
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Description:

"The South American coati, or ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua), is a species of coati from tropical and subtropical South America. In Brazilian Portuguese it is known as quati. Weight in this species is 2–7.2 kg (4.4–16 lb) and total length is 85–113 cm (33–44 in), half of that being its tail. Its color is highly variable and the rings on the tail may be quite weak, but it lacks the largely white muzzle ("nose") of its northern cousin, the white-nosed coati."

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Comments (4)

That's wonderful! Thanks for the links, they'll come in handy :)
Sweet picture. And it has a "the name's the same" scientific name -- Nasua nasua.. Here are some PN blogs on scientific naming. http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/28702494728/whats-in-a-name http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/31338827536/lets-talk-scientific-classification http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/33711375932/anser-anser-whats-the-question
Arhhh, that's a detail you don't wanna miss :) Thank you!
Nasua narica is a Central American species. Yours is the South American Coati, Nasua nasua. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_coati
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2013

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