. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE BEAR FAMILY—RACCOON. 269 The Coatis and The Coatis (Nasua) naturally follow Their Long the Raccoon and its companion. Noses. They arc easily recognized by their long, slender, nearly Weasel-like body, their short neck and long, pointed head, their tail which equals over the mouth, and has sharp and upturned edges. The ears are short and rounded, the eyes of medium size, and the five toes are united and armed with long and slightly curved claws.
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE BEAR FAMILY—RACCOON. 269 The Coatis and The Coatis (Nasua) naturally follow Their Long the Raccoon and its companion. Noses. They arc easily recognized by their long, slender, nearly Weasel-like body, their short neck and long, pointed head, their tail which equals over the mouth, and has sharp and upturned edges. The ears are short and rounded, the eyes of medium size, and the five toes are united and armed with long and slightly curved claws. The teeth resemble those of the Raccoon, but are more THE COATI. In South America there is an animal resembling a Raccoon in many respects, but having a most striking and distinguishing feature in its long, proboscis-like nose. This is the Coati, of which a group is here depicted. They are arboreal in their habits and are appropriately shown disporting themselves on trees, and their method of descending from the tree head first is also portrayed. {Nastta rufa.) the body in length and is thickly grown with hair, and their short, vigorous legs, furnished with broad paws and naked soles. Their most prominent feat- ure is the nose, which projects, proboscis-like, far Among the various species of Coatis recognized by naturalists, only two are differentiated in modern times. Not only do the animals vary in physical characteristics but they lead different lives according to age, as Hensel has distinctly proven. Prince von YVied recognized two kinds in Brazil, the Gregarious and the Solitary Coati, but in the light of Hensel's researches both are one and the same species; for the Solitary Coatis are nothing but old, sulk}-males which have separated from the bands of the Gregarious Coa- tis. It is, however, probably the case that the two species which we will de- scribe are correctly differentiated. Characteristics The best known of of the Red these species is the Coati. Co
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