THE BROWN COATT. 
Nasva nwarica. F. Cuv. 
Tue characters of the genus to which this curious little 
animal belongs resemble so closely in the most impor- 
tant particulars those of the other plantigrade Carnivora, 
that it will here be sufficient to explain those points 
alone in which the Coatis differ from their immediate 
affinities. From the Bears they are essentially distin- 
guished by the general form of their body, which in 
some measure approaches that of the viverrine group ; 
by their physiognomy, which is altogether peculiar, and 
by their elongated tail, which is nearly equal in length 
to their body. From the Racoons their generally length- 
ened form, and especially that of the snout, which is 
