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White-nosed Coati

Nasua narica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 670, February 619, March 733, April 683, May 570, June 550, July 544, August 476, September 429, October 530, November 581, December 625.
Mexico7,010
Costa Rica5,913
Quintana Roo3,144
Provincia Puntarenas2,589
Arizona2,341
Provincia Alajuela1,809
United States1,572
Panama1,270
Provincia Guanacaste763
Nuevo Leon679

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

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