386 COATI-MONDI. 



of prolongation of the skin at the bacK of the 

 heel into several horny processes of about a quar- 

 ter of an inch in length : these in some specimens 

 are scarce visible. The tongue is marked on the 

 upper part with several furrows, so disposed as to 

 resemble the fibres of a leaf. 



Far. ? 

 COATI-MONDI. 



Viverra Narica. V. subfvsca, cauda concolore, naso producto 



mobili. Lin. Syst. Nat. Ginel. p. 86. 

 Brown W. with tail of the same colour, and with lengthened 



moveable snout. 



Le Coati brun. Eu/. 8. pi. 48. 

 Dusky W. Brasilian W. var. #. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 62. 



THIS, in its general appearance, so much re- 

 sembles the preceding, that it has been consi- 

 dered by many naturalists as a variety only. It 

 is, however, rather larger than the former, of a 

 browner colour, and without any annuli, or, at 

 least, without very distinct variegations on the tail. 

 In its manners it agrees with the former : it burrows 

 into the ground so expeditiously as soon to con- 

 ceal its whole body ; feeds both on animal and ve- 

 getable substances, and is said occasionally to go 

 into the water. It also climbs trees. 



