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Definition of Genus Nasua
1. Noun. Coatis.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Procyonidae, Procyonidae
Member holonyms: Coati, Coati-mondi, Coati-mundi, Coon Cat, Nasua Narica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nasua
Literary usage of Genus Nasua
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"Another genus, Nasua, at present confined to this continent, existed also here
in the former period. I possess the remains of one species, but too imperfect ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"In my paper on the genus Nasua, published in 1879 (1. c., p. 163), I referred at
length to this Brownsville specimen, in commenting on the wide range of ..."
3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The genus Nasua, QT t~hQ coatis (5 species ?), extends from Mexico and Guatemala
to Paraguay. The curious arboreal prehensile- tailed ..."