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Mountain Coati

Nasua olivacea

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colombia.January 6, February 21, March 10, April 19, May 8, June 13, July 12, August 11, September 7, October 8, November 8, December 8.
Colombia131
Ecuador83
Cundinamarca57
Pichincha44
Antioquia19
Napo13
Caldas11
Risaralda11
Peru10
Imbabura8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyRaccoons, Coatis, and Allies · Procyonidae
GenusCoatis · Nasua

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mountain Coati with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.