Nasuella olivacea (Gray, 1865)

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Procyonidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 504-530 : 528

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Nasuella olivacea
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8. View Plate 30: Procyonidae

Mountain Coati

Nasuella olivacea View in CoL

French: Coati des montagnes / German: Berg-Nasenbar / Spanish: Coati oliva

Taxonomy. Nasua olivacea Gray, 1865 View in CoL ;

Santa Fé de Bogota, Colombia.

Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution.

N. o. olivacea Gray, 1865 — Colombia.

N. o. meridensis Thomas, 1901 — Venezuela.

N. o. quitensis Lonnberg, 1913 — Ecuador. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 36-39 cm, tail 20-24 cm; weight 1.1-5 kg. Roughly half the size of Nasua , the Mountain Coati has a gray-brown back and 6-8 bands on the tail. Its snout is more elongated and comes to a sharper point than in other coati species, and the tip of its nose is naked.

Habitat. Montane forests above 2000 m.

Food and Feeding. Primarily insectivorous, all 54 scat samples analyzed in Colombia contained insects, especially Coleoptera (41%), Orthoptera, Myriapoda, and Hymenoptera. Vertebrates and fruits were also eaten, each representing about 7% of the diet. Although all coati species find food on the forest floor, Mountain Coatis appear to be unique in leaving behind many small holes as they forage, with as many as 5000 being observed in one heavily foraged 35 m ® area. This may be related to their more elongated, sharper snouts.

Activity patterns. From anecdotal reports, Mountain Coatis appear to be primarily diurnal and terrestrial, but this has not been studied in detail.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Because Mountain Coatis are sometimes seen in groups, and sometimes alone, they are presumed to have a social organization similar to other coatis, but there have been no studies on their behavior or movement patterns.

Breeding. A litter size of four is reported but their breeding biology has not been studied.

Status and Conservation. With only one published study from the field we know very little about Mountain Coatis and The IUCN Red List has classified them as Data Deficient. One report from Venezuela suggests that they may be vulnerable to habitat fragmentation.

Bibliography. Bisbal (1993), Linares (1998), Rodriguez-Bolanos et al. (2000).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Procyonidae

Genus

Nasuella

Loc

Nasuella olivacea

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2009
2009
Loc

Nasua olivacea

Gray 1865
1865
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