South American coati

Nasua nasua · Procyonidae

The South American coati, also known as the ring-tailed coati or brown-nosed coati, is a coati species and a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), found in the tropical and subtropical parts of South America. 9 lb) and is 85–113 cm (33–44 in) long, with half of that being its tail. Its color is highly variable and the rings on the tail may be only somewhat visible, but its most distinguishing characteristic is that it lacks the largely white snout of its northern relative, the white-nosed coati.

Where the South American coati lives

Recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador and Chile (South America).

Most records fall in Meta, São Paulo, Misiones, Paraná, Guayas and Mato Grosso do Sul.

See the South American coati’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 12,103 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.