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Definition of Coati-mundi
1. Noun. Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.
Generic synonyms: Procyonid
Group relationships: Genus Nasua, Nasua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coati-mundi
Literary usage of Coati-mundi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"As an example of the family we shall take the coati-mundi, Nasua narica (Fig.
64) from tropical America. This is a gregarious beast, hunting in small troops ..."
2. Rider's New York City and Vicinity, Including Newark, Yonkers and Jersey by Fremont Rider, Frederic Taber Cooper, Mary Alden Hopkins (1916)
"... dingo) looking like a nice yellow cuv; fhe Red coati-mundi (Nasua rufa) and
the White-Nosed Coati-Mundi (Nasua narica) more like a Raccoon; ..."
3. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"South American representatives of the coon family, the kinkajou (T'ote flavus)
and the coati-mundi (Nasua narica) are also kept in the park. ..."
4. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1908)
"South American wild dogs, coati mundi, squirrels, civit cat and desert foxes.
All the infected animals were immediately isolated, and the cages thoroughly ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"For a remarkable confirmation thus afforded of a generalization made by the
present writer, see article " Coati-Mundi," POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, December, ..."