Example Sentences

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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