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White-nosed coati in Costa Rica  Costa Rica,Geotagged,Nasua narica,Nasua nasua,South American Coati,White-nosed coati Click/tap to enlarge

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  1. Montse, wow, what sort of creature is this? Never seen it before. Nice location to have captured it! Posted 12 years ago

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The white-nosed coati is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae. Local names include Pizote, Antoon and Tejón. The last, which mainly is used in Mexico, means badger. It averages about 4–6 kg in weight. However, males are much larger than females, and small females weigh as little as 2.5 kg and large males as much as 12.2 kg. On average, the total length is about 110 cm, about half of that being the tail length.

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Nov 20, 2012. Captured Mar 30, 2008 17:42 in 225, Costa Rica.
  • NIKON D40
  • f/5.6
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 112mm