Nasua nasua

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,333 meters (0 to 10,935 feet).[1]

Ecology: The species is an occupant of forested habitat . It has been reported from multistratal deciduous and evergreen rainforest, riverine gallery forest , xeric chaco, cerrado and dry scrub forest (Brooks , 1993; Emmons, 1990; Handley, 1976; Mondolfi, 1976; Schaller, 1983). It is found over a wide altitudinal range , with Andean individuals found at elevations up to 2,500 m (Lönnberg, 1921). Nasua nasua is omnivorous , eating predominantly invertebrates and fruit (Gompper and Decker, 1998). The consumption of vertebrates has been noted, but is never common (Beisiegel, 2001; Bisbal, 1986; Gompper, 1996; Kaufmann, 1962; Russell, 1982; Schaller, 1983). It is essentially diurnal in its activities. Adult males are solitary, while females and immature males travel in groups up to 30 individuals (Crespo, 1982; Emmons, 1990; Schaller, 1983).[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Aug-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Nasua

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. narica (Coati) · N. narica narica (White-Nosed Coati) · N. nasua (Ring-Tailed Coati) · N. nasua narica (White-Nosed Coati) · N. nelsoni (Coatis)

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Further Reading

• Advances in the study of mammalian behavior / edited by John F. Eisenberg and Devra G. Kleiman. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists; 1983. url p. 165.
• Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES url p. 45.
• Annotated CITES appendices and reservations 1988 IUCN url p. 31, p. 37, p. 56.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 100, p. 103, p. 116, p. 117, p. 123, p. 133, p. 142, p. 145, p. 149, p. 161, p. 89, p. 93, p. 94.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 5, October 1990: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN url p. 79.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 17 1972 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 27, p. 41, p. 59.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 150.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 23, p. 24, p. 35.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 142, p. 144, p. 147.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 71, p. 73, p. 75.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 175, p. 218.
• Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices JNCC url p. 128, p. 51.
• Collected writings on mammals. [v.p.]1870-1908. url p. 226.
• Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London, Taylor [and] Francis (pr.)1900-1902. url p. 267.
• Ectoparasites of Panama. Rupert L. Wenzel [and] Vernon J. Tipton, editors. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. url p. 180, p. 183, p. 188, p. 191, p. 196, p. 197, p. 198, p. 212, p. 235, p. 236, p. 254, p. 263, p. 270, p. 311, p. 41, p. 43, p. 688, p. 706, p. 707, p. 708, p. 789, p. 821.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 200.
• Gardens, wildlife densities, and subsistence hunting by Maya Indians in Quintana Roo, Mexico / 1993. url , , p. 152, p. 193, p. 224, p. 23, p. 240, p. 252, p. 267, p. 307, p. 69, p. 7.
• IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 129, p. 137, p. 139, p. 198, p. 200, p. 222, p. 275, p. 81, p. 99.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 11 1991 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 13, p. 179, p. 56, p. 59.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 264.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1991 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 31.
• Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. London, U.K.: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, 2001. url p. 125.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 557.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 18, p. 19, p. 371, p. 379, p. 380, p. 383, p. 384.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 150.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 100, p. 116, p. 117, p. 123, p. 133, p. 142, p. 145, p. 149, p. 161, p. 93, p. 99.
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• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 141 1961 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 288, p. 294.
• Smithsonian year. 1965 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 171.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 13, p. 38, p. 46.
• Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. 39 1987 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. url table 3 , table 1 , p. 21, p. 23, p. 29, p. 43, p. 448, p. 449.
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• The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book. Part 1 Testudines Crocodylia and Rhynchocephalia IUCN url p. 302.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Emmons, L. & Helgen, K. 2008. Nasua nasua. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Mammal specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 105750
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-727438
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2495134
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180579
• IUCN ID: 225832
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407384

Footnotes

1. Mean = 747.760 meters (2,453.281 feet), Standard Deviation = 860.740 based on 110 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Emmons, L. & Helgen, K. 2008. Nasua nasua. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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