Coatimundi (Nasua narica)

The nosy one as described by its generic name Nasua, lives in the hot
rimrock country of Southern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.
Coati, as he is called affectionately by all who get a chance to witness
this animal may reach fifty inches long and half of that is its tail. While
walking the coati carries its tail almost straight up in the air with only
the tip bent over. Another quirk about this creature is when it turns around
it raises on its hind legs and pivots around on its hind feet with its tail as
a balancing pole. A large male may reach twenty five pounds and be twice
as large as the female. Females and young run in packs as large as fifty
animals while the male leads a solitary life and joins them only when mating.
Often called hog-nosed coon because the coati has a long, flexible nose
used to root grubs, insects and tubers from the ground when feeding. It
may feed on almost anything from scorpions to birds to iguana but they
also fall prey to bobcats, cougars, jaguars, ocelots and coyotes, its a
harsh world out there in the wild.

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Coatimundi (Nasua narica)

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