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Title: Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools
Identifier: brehmslifeofanim00breh (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; PechuLoesche, Eduard, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard
Subjects: Mammals; Animal behavior
Publisher: Chicago : Marquis
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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THE BEAR FAMILYâRACCOON. 269 The Coatis and The Coatis (Nasua) naturally follow Their Long the Raccoon and its companion. Noses. They are 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 slender.
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THE COATI. respects, but having a i nose. This is the Coat habits and are appropriately shown disporting themselves descending from the tree head first is also portrayed. (Nasi th America there is an animal resembling a Raccoon in many triking and distinguishing feature in its long, proboscis-like rhich a group is here depicted. They are arboreal in their trees, and their method of â if".) 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 Wied 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, sulky 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. Coati or Red Coati, called Cuassi in Guiana (Nasua ntfa). Its range extends over a wide area of country, from the north of South America to Paraguay. Its length is from forty to forty-two inches, about eighteen of which go to the tail. The height at the shoulders is eleven or twelve inches. The thick, long, though not shaggy fur consists of wiry, coarse, lustrous hair, longer on the tail than on the body, and a short, soft, slightly curly, woolly

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