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	coati
		Coatis live in groups of 30 or more, consisting of females and young; males live apart from the pack, and may only join a group for a short time during the mating season.
		Coatis are carnivorous mammals found in the forests of South and Central America where they forage for insects, fruit, and small mammals.
		A coati is a good climber and has long claws, a long tail, a good sense of smell, and a long, flexible piglike snout used for digging.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007526.html (230 words)

	Coatimundi, general information, care and rearing....
		The pregnant coati female should be given her own facility with and individual house of minimal size 2ft by 2ft by 1.5ft high, The house should be dry and warm.
		Due to this rigorous schedule which is critical to the health of the coati we do not deliver the coatis to their new families until they are at least 8 to 12 weeks of age.
		Our coatis are placed in their cages to go to sleep around 9:00 to 10:00pm and will generally sleep through the nite until around 6:00am at which we let them out to play with us for a time.
	www.okagnet.com /coatiinfo1.html (1801 words)

	Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A coati is a mammal that is related to the raccoon.
		Coatis once lived in the woodlands of Central America and Mexico, but in about 1900 they crossed the border into Texas, probably because their predators were exterminated.
		The coati is often called a hog nosed coon because of its long snout.
	www.k12.de.us /warner/coati.htm (466 words)

	carapace vol 3 / no 4 - the white-nosed coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Perhaps these changes in coati abundance here at the northern edge of their range are most directly related to periodic oscillations in climate, with times of general warming being most favorable.
		Coatis are large and lanky, measuring 50 inches or so long (half of which is tail) and weighing up to 20 pounds.
		Coatis in our area are usually encountered close to water in canyons wooded with oaks, sycamores, and walnuts.
	www.ugwa.org /cp0304/cp0304_coati.htm (519 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Omnivorous, the coati feeds on insects, lizards, roots, fruits, nuts and eggs; it is especially fond of the manzanita berry.
		Coatis are primarily diurnal, and live both on the ground and in trees.
		The name coatimundi, which means "lone coati," is Guarani and refers to the solitary lifestyle of the male, who joins a troop of females with their young for a very short time to mate, then leaves to continue his life alone until the next mating season.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/lilmammal/coati.html (667 words)

	The Living Desert - Coati
		Coatis are widely distributed in Mexico, Central America to western Columbia and Ecuador.
		Typical of social animals, coatis are constantly communicating through barking, snuffling, chattering, growling, waving their tails and using other "body language".
		Coatis are diurnal and forage from dusk to dawn.
	www.livingdesert.org /animals/coati.asp (396 words)

	Brandywine Zoo - Animals in the Zoo - Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Coatis are able to live in a variety of habitats and elevations, including jungle, forests, grasslands and desert.
		Coatis are very social and will form casual bands of 4-20 females.
		The coati is a raccoon-like animal and is considered a long snouted, grizzled-brown or rust colored invader with white spots above and below each eye.
	www.brandywinezoo.org /coati.html (382 words)

	Great Ideas in Science Mammal Directory: White-Nosed Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		White-nosed coatis are readily identified by their long, slender, non-grasping tail which is equal in length to the head and body, and by their long and flexible snout that protrudes beyond the end of the lower jaw.
		Coatis spend about 90% of their daytime hours foraging, and at least 90% of that foraging time is spent on the ground, even though they climb well.
		Coatis are important prey for subsistence hunters, and white-nosed coati population densities decline steeply with increased human hunting pressure.
	www.csam.montclair.edu /ceterms/mammals/whitenosedcoati.html (3108 words)

	NATURAL HISTORY
		He is of a smaller stature; his body and neck, head, and muzzle, are much longer; the upper jaw is terminated by a kind of moveable snout, which stretches an inch, or an inch and a half, beyond the extremity of the under jaw.
		Like the bear, the coati stands with ease on his hind feet, resting upon his broad heels, that are terminated by large callosities, which extend outward, and augment the base of the feet.
		The coati has a trick of gnawing his own tail, which, when not mutilated, exceeds the length of the body; he generally carries his tail erect, and sweeps it about from side to side.
	faculty.njcu.edu /fmoran/vol5coati.htm (811 words)

	White-Nosed Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Coati's coat is a grizzled gray-brown that helps it blend into the mountains.
		The coati grows to be about 30 to 55 inches long and can stand up to be 8 to 12 inches tall.
		Female coatis and their young travel in bands of 4 to 24.
	library.thinkquest.org /J0111181/coati.html (137 words)

	The Belize Zoo - Coatimundi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Coatimundi, also known as the White-nosed Coati, is diurnal, living both on the ground and in the trees.
		The coati often is seen in large groups of up to 30 individuals.
		Coatimundis are found throughout Belize, from the mangrove forests of the coasts, the savannas of the lowlands, the the dense tropical forest of the interior.
	www.belizezoo.org /zoo/zoo/mammals/coa/coa1.html (155 words)

	Coati - educational resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Coati: The coati is a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), and like its North American counterparts, the raccoon, it is a curious, flexible, opportunistic...
		Although coati monde from the Brazilian vernacular properly refers to solitary males, it is often used to denote all coatis.
		The White-nosed Coati : Utah's Hogle Zoo: White-nosed Coati (Nasua Narica).
	animals.mongabay.com /featured/Coati.html (579 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The coati is one of the wonders in the animal world.
		The coati is captured young in South America and made a pet as they are a great mouser and also used as insect control.
		Do not be surprised to see the coati carrying towels, dirty cloths and anything else back to his/her cage during play periods.
	www.angelfire.com /tx2/Critter/Coati.html (344 words)

	Fossil Rim - Coati
		Coatis have a long, slender, flexible nose that is used for detecting food items hidden in the leaf litter on the forest floor.
		The name "coati" is of Tupian Indian origin and refers to the manner in which the coati tucks its nose into its belly while sleeping.
		The coati is omnivorous, eating insects, lizards, frogs, mice, snails, and a variety of plant foods such as mango, fig, papaya, prickly pear, and juniper.
	www.fossilrim.com /animals/coati.php (359 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		During the day the coati forages for food, frequently pausing for grooming sessions, during which it combs its fur with its teeth or the claws of either forefeet or hindfeet.
		Because coatis are extremely fond of fruit, including that of the manzanita, juniper, and prickly pear, a troop may ignore customary foods and visit a fruit-bearing tree daily until it is stripped.
		The White-nosed Coati is abundant in the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona, where it has been blamed for damage to orchards and the deaths of chickens and dogs.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=MA0173 (363 words)

	Coatimundi (DesertUSA)
		The Coati is gregarious and noisy as it travel about in groups of from 6 to 24, holding its tail almost erect and chattering with others.
		Coatis are diurnal, spending most of the day foraging for food, which includes insects, lizards, roots, fruits, nuts and eggs.
		Coatis apparently mate in early spring and deliver a litter of 4 to 6 young after a gestation period of about 11 weeks.
	www.desertusa.com /may97/du_coati2.html (255 words)

	Brandywine Zoo - Animals in the Zoo - Coatimundi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The length of a Coati's body and head is 13-27 inches and its tail is 13-28 inches.
		In the southwest, where there are very few trees, instead of sleeping in trees as most Coatis do, they have adapted to the lack of trees and live in caves and rock piles.
		The Coati life span in the zoo is about 7-14 years, but they usually don't live that long in the wild.
	www.brandywinezoo.org /Coati.html (494 words)

	Natural History Magazine \| Editor’s Pick from the Past
		Both of these fruits are favorites of the coati; of the former, indeed, he is inordinately fond and its far-reaching fragrance appeals to his marvelous sense of smell with all the force of a dinner bell to a hungry boy.
		This opened upward and the coati was therefore obliged to tear it from its fastenings before he could secure what he evidently was certain it contained.
		During the greater part of the year male coatis live alone, while the female is accompanied by her five or six young, probably until, in the summer, another family appears.
	www.naturalhistorymag.com /editors_pick/1935_04_pick.html (3759 words)

	White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
		Coatis inhabit woodland areas of the warmer parts of Central America, Mexico, and the extreme southern United States including southern Texas.
		Unlike their relatives, the raccoons and ringtails, coatis are largely active by day, particularly in the early morning and late afternoon.
		One of us (Davis) purchased a young coati near Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico in mid-June of 1941 that was estimated to have been 6 weeks old, indicating that it was born about May 1.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/nasunari.htm (348 words)

	Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Coati is sometimes called the hog-nosed coon because of its long snout.
		Coati live in dense forests, grasslands, and brushy areas from the southwestern United States throug northern Argentina.
		At coatis that live in the Southwest often sleep in caves and rock piles, instead of on branches.
	www.hensonrobinsonzoo.org /r001.html (197 words)

	Coati
		A 10-year-old male coati is a new species that visitors can view at the Kansas City Zoo.
		The coati is a raccoon-like mammal from South America.
		»» The coati seems to prefer fruit over other foods, and when it finds a fruiting tree or shrub, it will stay there until all of the food is eaten.
	www.kcmo.org /kc150.nsf/web/coati (238 words)

	NatureWorks - White-nosed Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The white-nosed coati is a member of the raccoon family.
		The white-nosed coati can be found in the southeast corner of Arizona, in the south west corner of New Mexico and in southwest Texas.
		The male coati is solitary, but females and their young live and travel in packs of 4-40 individuals.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/coati.htm (547 words)

	coati -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		White-nosed coati (Nasua narica) feeding on a banana plant.
		Coatis are found in wooded regions from the southwestern United States through South America.
		The disease is found in all members of the cat family, Felidae, as well as in raccoons, coatis, and kinkajous, which are members of the Procyonidae family.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9024519 (490 words)

	Pawprint - Coatimundi
		The coati, or coatimundi, is a member of the zoological family Procyonidae.
		Size can vary considerably with coatis, but an average adult is twelve to fourteen inches tall at the shoulders and about the general body size of a rather large house cat.
		Coatis have reddish brown fur, which is lighter on their undersides.
	www.pawprintonline.com /central-coati.html (245 words)

	Coati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name coati is applied to any of three species of small neotropical mammals in the genus Nasua, family Procyonidae, ranging from southern Arizona to north of Argentina.
		A fourth animal, the dwarf Mountain Coati, is not a true coati, and belongs to the genus Nasuella.
		A Coati in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coati (129 words)

	Pulmonary vascular response of the coati to chronic hypoxia -- Hanson et al. 88 (3): 981 -- Journal of Applied ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pulmonary vascular response of the coati to chronic hypoxia -- Hanson et al.
		Pulmonary vascular response of the coati to chronic hypoxia
		The lack of significant pulmonary hypertensive response of the coatis to high altitude was unexpected.
	www.jap.org /cgi/content/full/88/3/981 (3168 words)

	Picture and Information for Coati
		The animal was a coati, native to the South American rain forest, said Janette Hartney, a naturalist teacher with the Academy of Natural Sciences in...
		A coati, an animal usually found in South America and the south western United States, has been sighted in Cumbria, the Wildlife Trust said today.
		A South American coati was captured in the Lake District after it raided a hen hut.
	animals.mongabay.com /profiles/Coati.html (159 words)

	Northern Coati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There is the southern or ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua), the island coati (Nasua nelsoni), and the mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea).
		The northern coati is a omnivore and may travel up to 2000 meters in a single day foraging for food.
		The main threats to the coati population is hunting by humans and the pet trade.
	www.pjc.edu /sctag/extra/ncoati.htm (755 words)

	Coati: WhoZoo
		While the male prefers to travel alone (and may be referred to as the coati mundi, or solitary coati), the females and their young tend to travel in bands of 4 to 50 individuals.
		The Coatis are excellent climbers and can often be seen up trees or on the roof of the building adjacent to their exhibit.
		Some coatis like a lot bananas, they are very curious and the zoo people hide some peanuts and raisin in the tree holes to keep them from getting bored.
	www.whozoo.org /AnlifeSS2001/bettsass/BS_Coati.htm (441 words)

	Progressive Technology Project -
		COaTI is an intensive training program to develop the technical skills of organizers.
		The long term goal of COaTI is the creation of a community of user experts from community-led organizations who share their skills and knowledge with other organizers working for social and economic justice around the country.
		COaTI fills the gap between basic computer skills training and the typical training offered to non-profit organizations, which is often too broad to be useful to community organizing.
	www.progressivetech.org /Program/coati.htm (501 words)

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