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What is this from South Texas?
Subject: | What is this from South Texas?
| Poster: | Randy Cosby (randy_cosby@hotmail.com)
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What is this from South Texas?
Don't have any idea what this is. Claws look like badger, but face does not
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| Guest |
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White-nosed Coati (Latin name: Nasua narica), IMHO. |
| bonnie gordon |
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yep...looks like a coatimundi to me too. in nicaragua we call them pisotes. |
| Kristin |
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I think it looks too big to be a coati |
| Guest |
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The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and relatives). Local names include pizote, antoon, and tejón. |
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Scientific Name: Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names:
English – White-nosed Coati, Coatimundi
Spanish – Cozumbo, Pizote, Antoon, Coatí norteño
Synonyms: Viverra narica Linnaeus, 1766 |
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