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Nasua nasua nasua (Linnaeus 1766

Description

Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766)

South American Coati, Tejón

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Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 (Table 1); first capture on 6 April 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.

Identification. This is a medium-sized procyonid (2–5 kg), with a triangular head, long and pointed snout, short ears and a long, black-striped tail. The body coloration varies from orange to light or dark brown.

Notes

Published as part of Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia's Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, pp. 323-335 in Check List 16 (2) on pages 330-331, DOI: 10.15560/16.2.323

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