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Coati l)run,femelle, variete, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mam., Hvr. iv, 1819. 



Coati Irun-fonce, F. Cxjvier, Hist. Nat. des Mam., livr. slviii, 1825. 



Coati de Bando of the Brazilians. 



Coati mundeo (old males), ibid. 



GesellscliaftUches Cuati, Maximilian, 1. c. 



Einsames oder grosstes Cuati (old males), ibid. 



NasentMer, Nasenbdr, Sclinauzeiibdr, Eilsselbdr, Fretfbar, and BUsseltrdger of German 



writers. 

 Coati and Coati-Mundi of Englisb and French writers, etc. 

 Cuati oi file, Spanish writers. 

 Quasie of the Northern Indian tribes of South America. 



External Charactees. — Eye and clieek-spots nearly as in tlie pre- 

 ceding, but of a soiled white (brownisli-wliite or yellowish-white) color ; 

 sometimes obsolete, and usually less strongly contrasted with the sur- 

 rounding tints, and with no white on the nose, which is colored uniformly 

 with the sides of the head and frontal region. Head (excepting the 

 whitish spots already noted), including facial region, gray, varied Avith 

 blackish, particularly on the sides of the nose. General color of the 

 dorsal surface, aud of the limbs externally, gray, the former more or less 

 strongly varied with black and fulvous, or rust-yellow. Whole lower 

 surface, and the limbs internally, yellowish-white, varying to strong ful- 

 vous, or even gamboge- yellow. The hairs of the back are usually black 

 at the surface, with a broad subterminal bar of fulvous, varying often 

 to rufous, and brown at the t)ase, like the softer under-fur. Tail black, 

 with about eight (seven to nine) rather narrow fulvous rings. 



The color varies greatly in different individuals, through the greater or 

 less amount of black tipping the hairs of the dorsal surface present, and 

 in the amount and tone of the under-color. A specimen from Brazil (M. 

 C. Z., No. 2820, Thayer Exped.) has the prevailing color above shining 

 black, varied with grayish-fulvous. Another (M. C. Z., No. 1839, Mana- 

 os, Brazil, Thayer Exited.) has the dorsal surface shining black, varied 

 with deep yellowish-rufous. Still another (M. C. Z., No. 1440, Manaos, 

 Brazil, Thayer Exped.), about half-grown, has the middle of the back 

 strongly blackish, and the sides dingy yellowish-brown varied with 

 blackish. In these the pelage is short, crisp, and shining. Two otfeer 

 specimens (Nat. Mus., No. 4657 and No. 2978), one certainlj' aud the 

 other probably, from Paraguay (Corrientes, Captain Page), has the 

 pelage long, soft, and full, and the surface tint pale yellowish-gray, with 

 a narrow subterminal zone of black, and the basal portion pale yellow- 

 ish-brown. Another specimen (Nat. Mus., No. 3996, locality not given) 

 has the dorsal surface dark red or intense chestnut, darkest along the 

 middle of the back, especially i)osteriorly, and lighter on the sides, pass- 

 ing into fulvous on the lower surface. The tail is darli reddish chest- 

 nut, with narrow rings of blackish. The usual face-markiugs are faintly 

 distinguishable. This specimen seems to represent the Coati rous of 

 P. Cuvier. 



Occasionally specimens occur in which the face is marked more or less 



