coati
Americannoun
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coatis
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coati
First recorded in 1670–80; from Portuguese, from Tupi, equivalent to cua “belt” + ti, tim “nose”
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The state estimates property damage from such wrecks at nearly $20 million annually, while unbroken roads also fracture habitats for monitored species of concern including the ornate box turtle, white-nosed coati and gila monster.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Other newcomers include three South American coati — a mother and her two children — resembling raccoons with their long striped tails.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2015
The animals were found in small cages in the garage on Wednesday after an animal control officer found a coati wandering in a neighborhood in Warren, Michigan, the zoo said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 11, 2014
Hunter Siemel & friends will have a ready market in Chicago for all the jaguars, tapirs, giant armadillos, anteaters, puma, ocelots, coati, large red wolves that they can catch.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was relieved by the noisy coati, some of which came quite near to my quarters, and were not very pleasant neighbors.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
According to the fruit-diet hypothesis, the big-brained capuchins and spider monkeys should exhibit greater route efficiency than the coatis and kinkajous.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
Wildlife cameras in the region regularly photograph black bears, bobcats, ringtails, spotted skunks, white-nosed coatis and pig-like javelina.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
This week, zookeepers tried out a bubble machine with their coatis - South American members of the raccoon family.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
The animals confiscated included two white-nosed coatis, two ring-tailed lemurs and three fennec foxes, along with rabbits and birds, the zoo said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 11, 2014
Except maybe for the fact that those coatis might not be hamster-friendly.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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