white-nosed coati (Nasua narica) English: White-nosed Coati photo taken at Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica.
Date 7 December 2008, 13:29:13
Author Joseph C Boone https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Joseph_C_Boone
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_nosed_Coati.jpg
The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi, is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and relatives). Local names include pizote, antoon, and tejón. It weighs about 4–6 kg. However, males are much larger than females, and small females weigh as little as 2.5 kg and large males as much as 12.2 kg. On average, the total length is about 110 cm, about half of that being the tail length.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Nasua
Species: Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)
