. NATURAL HISTORY. 



Sub-family d. Cercolcpiixi. 

 NASUA. (Lat. from nasus, a no^e.) 



Fusca (L&i. fuscus, dusky), the Coati-mondL 



The peculiarly long snout of the COATIS distinguishes them 

 at once from the Racoons, which they resemble in some other 

 respects. Their snout is very moveable, and is of great use 

 to them in routing out the worms and insects which they dig 

 up. The nostrils are placed on a sort of disk at the end of the 

 snout, and give the whole head a most extraordinary aspect. 

 The Coatis live upon birds, eggs, insects, and worms, and some- 

 times they will eat roots. They are nocturnal in their habits, 

 spending most of the day in sleep, rolled up in a ball. In de- 

 scending a tree they walk with their heads downwards, like the 

 cat, which, however, they surpass in activity. These animals 

 inhabit the warmer parts of America, but do not appear to be 

 much sought after by hunters. The Brown Coati-mondi is the 

 species represented ; there is another species, the Red Coati. 



THE KIXKAJOU. 



The KINKAJOU is also an inhabitant of Southern America. 

 It is not unlike the Coati in its habits, but is more active, as 

 it possesses a prehensile tail, which it uses in the same way 

 that the Spider Monkeys use theirs. The tongue of the 

 Kinkajou is capable of being inserted into crevices, and draw- 



