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Mexican Coati
Also called: Coati mondi.
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- Length
- 3 feet.
- Description
- Coon-like; tail tapering to a point; nose much lengthened and tapering, forming the most characteristic feature of the animal. Fur thick and long. Colour, dark-brown, sometimes with rufous tints, generally tipped with white or gray, nose and region around the eyes white. Tail usually faintly ringed with grayish-white, sometimes only perceptible on the basal portion below, or occasionally with rings entirely lacking.
- Range
- Mexico, crossing the Rio Grande into Southern Texas.
This curious beast, reminding one of a coon with nose and tail pulled out to a point, is a characteristically tropical animal, which ranges just over our southwestern border.