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Published November 14, 2025 | Version v1
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Nasua narica

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Life Science, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594 AV The Hague, Netherlands
  • 3. Asociación Ecológica Paquera, Lepanto y Cóbano, PO Box 25 - 5353, Jicaral, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
  • 4. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy
  • 5. Associazione Foreste per Sempre OdV, Via D'Avia Sud 65 / a, 41126 Modena, Italy
  • 6. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy & Associazione Foreste per Sempre OdV, Via D'Avia Sud 65 / a, 41126 Modena, Italy

Description

Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Fig. 2 E White-nosed coati

Material examined.

COSTA RICA • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge; 09°52'10"N, 085°03'28"W; 296 m alt.; 15.01.2018; direct observation.

Identification.

Medium-sized procyonid, with an elongated and rather slender body. The upperparts are chestnut to orange-brown, often paler on neck and shoulders. Throat and top of the muzzle are white. Typical white spots above or around the eyes. The muzzle is elongated with blackish snout. The tail is long, with a variable ring pattern, and is often held vertically (Wainwright 2007). Fairly common in the Wildlife Refuge. Recorded in various habitat types in all seasons. The white-nosed coati was formerly considered a single species with N. nasua (Linnaeus, 1766), which is exclusive of South America (Pereira et al. 2018; Pommer-Barbosa et al. 2023).

Notes

Published as part of Fonda, Federica, Vezzani, Liam, Mena Aguilar, Luis Ángel, Venegas-Elizondo, Carlos Andrés, Bolaños Brenes, Alexander, Lopez, Dayron Manuel, Romeo, Giuseppe, Sonetti, Dario & Dal Zotto, Matteo, 2025, Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica, pp. 37-74 in ZooKeys 1260 on pages 37-74, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A44F7C93743F5F9FA28B6E77B07023FF

Cites
Publication: 10.15560/14.5.785 (DOI)
Publication: 10.15560/19.5.675 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800.figure2 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1466146 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1B73044D6EBF5FF0BDAF874EDB4F5991 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/4327BF20-1A59-43BD-93CC-4AC6B8098403 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/A44F7C93743F5F9FA28B6E77B07023FF (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/305982132 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313097/taxon/A44F7C93743F5F9FA28B6E77B07023FF.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Event date
2018-01-15
Verbatim event date
2018-01-15
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Procyonidae
Genus
Nasua
Species
narica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766) sec. Fonda, Vezzani, Aguilar, Venegas-Elizondo, Brenes, Lopez, Romeo, Sonetti & Zotto, 2025

References

  • Wainwright M (2007) The mammals of Costa Rica: A natural history and field guide. Zona Tropical, Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, and London, United Kingdom, 454 pp.
  • Pereira AD, Bazilio S, Orsi LM (2018) Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil. Check List 14: 785–799. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.785
  • Pommer-Barbosa RA, Prestes ALC, Nascimento WSP, Reis JFT, Silva GS, Souza CCB, Terassini FA, Pedersoli MA, Oliveira MA (2023) Mammals from the Base de Selva da Policia Militar, Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil. Check List 19: 675–690. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.675