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The White-Nosed Coati
Posted on 4/28/26 at 12:33 am
Posted on 4/28/26 at 12:33 am
AKA Coatimundi
Phonetic Pronunciation: koh-WAH-tee-MUN-dee
It's a cousin to the Raccoon. Both are part of the Procyonidae Family.
It sports a long, ringed tail that it can hold upright like a radio antenna for balance. It has a flexible, pig-like snout that's perfectly designed for rummaging through soil in search of larvae and other insects. Their ankles can turn 180 degrees allowing them squirrel like maneuverability within the canopy...
These little baws are basically the Swiss Army knives of the animal kingdom, equally at home foraging on the forest floor or performing acrobatics in the treetops..
Incredibly hardy animals that can even thrive in arid scrubland.
Besides their aforementioned love of insects, they are opportunistic omnivore's that will also eat:
Seeds and Fruit/Berries
Lizards and small Rodents
Scorpions and Spiders
Eggs
RANGE MAP
I'm curious to see if any of the folks here that reside in South Texas, New Mexico or Arizona have ever seen one of these in the wild.
Phonetic Pronunciation: koh-WAH-tee-MUN-dee
It's a cousin to the Raccoon. Both are part of the Procyonidae Family.
It sports a long, ringed tail that it can hold upright like a radio antenna for balance. It has a flexible, pig-like snout that's perfectly designed for rummaging through soil in search of larvae and other insects. Their ankles can turn 180 degrees allowing them squirrel like maneuverability within the canopy...
These little baws are basically the Swiss Army knives of the animal kingdom, equally at home foraging on the forest floor or performing acrobatics in the treetops..
Incredibly hardy animals that can even thrive in arid scrubland.
Besides their aforementioned love of insects, they are opportunistic omnivore's that will also eat:
Seeds and Fruit/Berries
Lizards and small Rodents
Scorpions and Spiders
Eggs
RANGE MAP
I'm curious to see if any of the folks here that reside in South Texas, New Mexico or Arizona have ever seen one of these in the wild.
This post was edited on 4/28/26 at 3:14 am
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Posted on 4/28/26 at 12:40 am to FAT SEXY
Tuesday-Sunday is safe, but watch your hat and coatimundi
Posted on 4/28/26 at 12:43 am to FAT SEXY
I like threads about animals and stuff because they are educational and informative... plus Nature is awesome. 
Posted on 4/28/26 at 2:00 am to FAT SEXY
I want to boop it
Posted on 4/28/26 at 3:20 am to 9Fiddy
quote:
I want to boop it
I think you can go to jail for that.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 4:22 am to FAT SEXY
quote:
I'm curious to see if any of the folks here that reside in South Texas, New Mexico or Arizona have ever seen one of these in the wild.
I THINK i briefly saw a live one cross a lease road while turkey hunting in south Texas. Happened so quickly I could be mistaken. I did see a dead one on a different trip to the same place.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 4:40 am to FAT SEXY
I’ve seen them in Arizona and in Costa Rica. Adorable little critters.
There are spots in Costa Rica where people feed them, so if you pull over on side the road whole packs will come right up to you.
There are spots in Costa Rica where people feed them, so if you pull over on side the road whole packs will come right up to you.
This post was edited on 4/28/26 at 4:55 am
Posted on 4/28/26 at 6:11 am to FAT SEXY
They better stay away from Gus Fring.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 6:18 am to FAT SEXY
I thought this would be another Hunter Biden thread
Posted on 4/28/26 at 6:19 am to johnnydrama
We used to see them occasionally around Apache Lake on the Apache Trail outside Apache Junction, AZ Desert wildlife and vegetation is incredible
Posted on 4/28/26 at 6:20 am to FAT SEXY
Ran into one at the resort in Cancun. I was plastered so I thought it was a weird looking dog. I fed it my dessert.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 7:42 am to FAT SEXY
I've seen several in Central America
Posted on 4/28/26 at 7:44 am to Bayou
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We used to see them occasionally around Apache Lake on the Apache Trail outside Apache Junction, AZ Desert wildlife and vegetation is incredible
I bet you won’t say Apache one more time
Posted on 4/28/26 at 7:46 am to FAT SEXY
Yes, I've seen them at hunting lease south of El Indio on the river
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:02 am to FAT SEXY
I hereby propose we rename this animal the "Mexican Racoon Squirrel".
I also propose that Trump officially change the name of the Mexican Raccoon Squirrel to the American Raccoon Squirrel.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:11 am to FAT SEXY
Dude has a serious issue with the booger sugar.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:22 am to FAT SEXY
30 years ago while driving on Hwy 90 just outside of Big Bend National Park, I spotted one on the side of the road. I knew what they looked like, but did not know that I was at the edge of their known range until I got home and looked it up.
Very cool creature.
Very cool creature.
This post was edited on 4/28/26 at 8:31 am
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:34 am to jcaz
quote:
I was plastered so I thought it was a weird looking dog.
I once did that with a possum thinking it was a cat.
Posted on 4/28/26 at 8:37 am to Loup
They are all over the resorts in Mexico. There was a group of tourists watching some, and one of the resort workers walked by, shook his head, and muttered Mexican raccoon 
Posted on 4/28/26 at 10:36 am to Rohan
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They are all over the resorts in Mexico.
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