430 POTTO AND POTOS CHAP. 
from Carnivora and resembles Lemuroids.t It has been pointed 
out that the form of the lower jaw “much resembles that of the 
Lemuroid Microrhynchus.” There is, however, no doubt that it. 
is rightly placed in the present group. The tail is very pre- 
hensile, and the animal is therefore, as might be supposed from this 
circumstance, purely arboreal. It has some twenty-eight verte- 
Fic. 216.—Kinkajou. Oercoleptes caudivolvulus. x ¢. 
brae. This genus has a median groove upon the nose. The claws 
are long and sharply pointed, and the palms and soles of the 
feet are naked. The premolars are three, the molars two. There 
are fourteen dorsal vertebrae, of which nine are united to the 
nine-jointed sternum by ribs. There is but one species, C. 
caudivolvulus, of a uniform yellowish-brown colour. 
Nasua, the Coati, ranges from Texas to Paraguay, and has 
Fic. 217.—Coati. Nasua rufa. x4}. 
two species. In Guatemala it reaches a height of 9000 feet on 
the mountains. The nose is produced into a short and very 
1 Tt is a curious fact that a native name for the creature is ‘‘ Pottos”’ (ef. of 
course Potto) ; and indeed the generic name Potos seems to have the priority over 
Cercoleptes. 
