South American coati, ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua) English: skeleton of South American coati
Date 1821
Source Die vergleichende Osteologie
Author Christian Heinrich Pander, 1794-1865
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_vergleichende_Osteologie_(1821)_Nasua_nasua.jpg
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. Its color is highly variable and the rings on the tail may be quite weak.