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South American Coati

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Spotted Tambopata National Reserve (Reserva Nacional Tambopata) a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin south of the Madre de Dios River.The South American coati, or ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua), is a species of coati from tropical and subtropical South America. In Brazilian Portuguese it is known as quati. Weight in this species is 2–7.2 kg (4.4–16 lb) and total length is 85–113 cm (33–44 in), half of that being its tail.[3] Its color is highly variable and the rings on the tail may be quite weak

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
South American Coati
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JillBlack
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Madre de Dios, Peru

Spotted on Mar 19, 2012
Submitted on Sep 26, 2012

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