Coatimundi Coatis Female Skull
$91.00
All coatis share a slender head with an elongated, flexible, slightly upturned nose, small ears, dark feet, and a long non-prehensile tail used for balance and signaling.
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Description
Coatimundi Coatis Female Skull Replica measures 5.1 inches or 13cm. Coatimundi Coatis Female Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home décor skull, or office décor skull.
The coatimundi, sometimes simply called the coati, is a member of the raccoon family Procyonidae. The White-nosed coati is native to a few regions of the southwestern US. The brown-nosed coati is native to Central and South America. The mountain coati is found exclusively in South America.
They have a flexible, moveable snout, which they use to forage for fruit, invertebrates and other animal matter. The coatimundi coatis snout is long and somewhat pig-like, part of the reason for its nickname ‘the hog-nosed raccoon’.
It is also extremely flexible, it can be rotated up to 60 degrees in any direction. Nausua narica use their noses to push objects and rub parts of their body. The facial markings include white markings around the eyes and on the ears and snout.
Coatimundi Coatis or Nausua narica have strong limbs to climb and dig and have a reputation for intelligence, like their fellow procyonid, the raccoon. They prefer to sleep or rest in elevated places and niches, like the rain forest canopy, in crudely built sleeping nests. Catimundi Coatis or Nausua narica are active day and night.
Coatimundi coatis or Nausua narica are diurnal animals, and live both on the ground and in trees. They are omnivorous, but primarily eat fruit, invertebrates, other small animals and bird eggs.
They search for fruit in trees high in the canopy, and use their snouts to poke through crevices to find animal prey on the ground. They also search for animal prey by turning over rocks on the ground or ripping open logs with their claws.
All female Coatimundi coatis or Nausua narica in a group come into heat simultaneously when fruit is in season and mate with several males. Gestation period is 74 to 77 days.
Coatimundi Coatis Facts:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Nasua
Species: N. nasua
Binomial name: Nasua nasua
Conservation status: Least concern
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| Weight | 4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 5.1 in |
| World Coati Day - December 3rd | World Coati Day is celebrated on December 3rd every year to raise awareness and promote the conservation of coatimundi, a mammal related to raccoons. Coatimundi are threatened by human development, hunting, deforestation, and being hit by cars. They are also in the middle of their breeding season on December 3rd, making it a critical time to raise awareness. |
