Mountain Coati

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Mountain Coati
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae Genus: Nasuella Hollister, 1915 Species: N. olivacea
Binomial name
Nasuella olivacea (Gray, 1865)

The Mountain Coati or Dwarf coati (Nasuella olivacea) is a small procyonid, the only member of the genus Nasuella, found in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. It is not a true coati, but a considerably smaller and rarer animal.

[edit] References

• Mustelid Specialist Group (1996). Nasuella olivacea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006.

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