UNCOMMON PETS. 
A series of articles on the Care and Keep of Animals in Captivity. 
By P. WELLINGTON FARMBOROUGH, F.Z.S., F.E.S., etc. 
XVII THE COAT. 
pA animal well worthy of the attention of those in search of the uncommon is 
the Coatimundi. It is hardy, can be kept out of doors if necessary in a small 
cage no larger than an ordinary rabbit-hutch, is easily looked after and, most 
important, 1s Mmexpensive to procure, there being usuelly plenty on the market at 
WHITE-NOSED OR RED COATI. 
Photo by Lewis Medland. 
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from twenty-five to thirty-five shillmgs apiece. There are two species, respectively 
known as the White-nosed and the Red Coati. They are both lable to considerable 
variations of coloration, one encroaching so much on the characteristics of the other 
that it is often a matter of difficulty to say which is which unless the specific 
characters are strongly defined. The most noticeable feature of the coati is the length 
of the nose, and its flexible snout seems engaged in ceaselessly ferreting out the 
corners of the cage all the time that its owner is awake. The German name— 
Riisselbar—has reference to the long nose of the animal, and signifies ‘“proboscis’’-bear. 
Both species are natives of the American Continents, the red coati, ranging from the 
extreme north of South America as far south as Paraguay, being most common over 
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