Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Torres-Porras, Jeronimo, Cobos, Marlon E, Seoane, José Manuel & Aguirre, Nikolay, 2017, Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador, Check List 13 (4), pp. 35-45 : 40

Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766) : Figure 6

Viverra narica Linnaeus 1766 .

Nasua narica — Tirira 2007, Cuarón et al. 2016b.

Nasua nelsoni Merriam 1901 .

Material examined: Table 1.

Short and dense pelage; back dark brown to brown cinnamon; ventral region brown to yellowish cream colored, with whitish breast that joins the white throat; head elongated and grayish brown, the muzzle is long and mobile; chin and throat whitish; nose slightly rigid upward, black and damp in appearance; long tail (reaches 75 to 100% of the length of head and body together), densely haired and thinning toward the tip, dark brown with rings usually inconspicuous ( Tirira 2007).