OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32625

coati

/kəʊˈɑːti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coatí • cuchucho • cusumbo • gato solo • pezote • pizote • tejón • zorro guache
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
Prospectors and cowpunchers who see the animals most often, sometimes call them Mexican monkeys. Others believe the coati to be a peculiar kind of arboreal anteater. More generally…
The coatis are four small, carnivorous mammals related to the raccoon, red panda and ringtail, or cacomistle. They range in size from 15 inches (38 cm) in the mountain coati, Nasue…
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