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Coatimundi

Nasua narica

Description:

Looks similar to a racoon but its larger and has different coloring. Its body is brown and its face looks lighter brown. It has small round ears and it is very furry. Long tail. has a light, almost beige stripe circling its nose and eyes.

Habitat:

Tropical forest in the atlantic coast of mexico

Notes:

I spotted it in a path that goes under a small community of trees in the exterior of a hotel

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2 Comments

pelaezmanuela3
pelaezmanuela3 10 years ago

Thank you

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

This is a Coatimundi (Nasua narica)

pelaezmanuela3
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pelaezmanuela3

Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 4, 2014
Submitted on Jan 5, 2014

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