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While the raccoon and ringtail are nocturnal, coatis are active by day, retiring during the night to a specific tree and descending at dawn to begin their daily search for food. However, their habits are adjustable, and in areas where they are hunted by humans for food, or where they raid human settlements for their own food, they might become more nocturnal. Adult males are solitary, but females and sexually immature males form social groups. They use many vocal signals to communicate with one another, and also spend time grooming themselves and each other with their teeth and claws.
Searching for food among some rubble at Tikal
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Thank you, Christy! Shortly after we got pictures of the cutie it got pretty dark and a huge troop came out to join him. I decided I wasn't getting close enough for flash!
Cute!! What a tail!! Nice spot, Karen!