Red coati by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Oct 17, 2017

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Description

The coati, genera Nasua and Nasuella, also known as the Coati-Mundi or coatimundi ,hog-nosed coon, Mexican tejón, cholugo, or moncún, Guatemalan and Costa Rican pizote, Colombian cusumbo, and other names, is a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), a diurnal mammal native to South America, Central America, and south-western North America. The term is reported to be derived from the Tupi language of Brazil.