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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 603 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COATI , or COATI-MUNDI, the native name of the members of the genus Nasua, of the mammalian See also:

family Procyonidae. They are easily recognized by their See also:long See also:body and tail, and elongated, upturned snout; from which last feature the Germans See also:call them Riisselbdren or " snouted bears." In the See also:white-nosed coati, a native of See also:Mexico and Central See also:America, the See also:general See also:hue is See also:brown, but the snout and upper See also:lip are white, and the tail is often banded. In the red coati, ranging from Surinam to See also:Paraguay, the tail is marked with from seven to nine broad fulvous or rufous rings, alternating with See also:black ones, and tipped with black. Coatis are gregarious and arboreal in See also:habit, and feed on birds, eggs, lizards and See also:insects. They are See also:common pets of the Spaniards in See also:South America.

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