Nasuella
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Western mountain coati , Nasuella olivacea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Procyonidae |
| Subtribe: | Nasuina |
| Genus: | Nasuella Hollister, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Nasua olivacea meridensis [1] Thomas, 1901
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| Species | |
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| Approximate combined range of the two mountain coatis | |
Mountain coatis are two species of
Genetics and taxonomy
Nasua narica plus both species of Nasuella.[4]
Until recently only a single species with three
After a genetic analysis in 2020, the American Society of Mammalogists currently considers N. meridensis a synonym of N. olivacea.[6]| Coatis |
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Range and description
Externally, the two species of mountain coatis are quite similar, but the eastern mountain coati is overall smaller, somewhat shorter-tailed on average, has markedly smaller teeth, a paler
pelage, and usually a dark mid-dorsal stripe on the back (versus more rufescent or blackish, and usually without a dark mid-dorsal stripe in the western mountain coati).[4] Both are found in cloud forest and páramo; at altitudes of 2,000–4,000 metres (6,600–13,100 ft) for the eastern mountain coati, and 1,300–4,250 metres (4,270–13,940 ft) for the western mountain coati.[4]
A population discovered in southern Peru (more than 1,000 km or 620 mi south of the previous distribution limit) has tentatively been identified as the western mountain coati, but may represent an undescribed taxon.[7]
Rare and little known
They are very poorly known, and the "combined species" (when only one species was recognized) has been classified as
IUCN.[3] Their behavior largely appears to resemble that of the better-known Nasua coatis, although the mountain coatis feed less on fruit.[2][8]
Unlike the Nasua coatis, mountain coatis are very rare in captivity. Among
ISIS registered institutions, only three zoos (all in the USA) reported that they had mountain coatis in early 2011,[9] but at least one of these appears to be a case of misidentification.[10] A mountain coati that was confiscated from poachers is kept at Bioparque la Reserva in Cota, Colombia.[10]
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1.
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Helgen, K. M.; Kays, R.; Helgen, L. E.; Tsuchiya-Jerep, M. T. N.; Pinto, C. M.; Koepfli, K. P.; Eizirik, E.; Maldonado, J. E. (August 2009). "Taxonomic boundaries and geographic distributions revealed by an integrative systematic overview of the mountain coatis, Nasuella (Carnivora: Procyonidae)" (PDF). Small Carnivore Conservation. 41: 65–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Ruiz-García, M., Jaramillo, M. F., Cáceres-Martínez, C. H., & Shostell, J. M. (2020). The phylogeographic structure of the mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea; Procyonidae, Carnivora), and its phylogenetic relationships with other coati species (Nasua nasua and Nasua narica) as inferred by mitochondrial DNA. Mammalian Biology, 1-28.
- ^ Pacheco, V., R. Cadenillas, E. Salas, C. Tello, and H. Zeballos (2009). Diversidad y endemismo de los mamíferos del Perú/Diversity and endemism of Peruvian mammals. Rev. Peru. Biol. 16(1): 5-32.
- ^ Rodríguez-Bolaños, A., A. Cadena, and P. Sánchez (2000). Trophic characteristics in social groups of the Mountain coati, Nasuella olivacea (Carnivora: Procyonidae). Small Carnivore Conservation 23: 1–6.
- ISIS. 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ a b "First ever Mountain coati in captivity in Colombia". WildlifeExtra. September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
External links
- ARKive (2010). Nasuella olivacea in Ecuador. Photo by Nigel Simpson/Jocotoco Foundation.