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sitting down. In treating of the Brown Coati, we shall 

 mention the remarkable tubercles which belong to this 

 part, and which may yet perhaps be considered as charac- 

 teristic. There are neither anal sacks nor glandular pouches. 

 The tail is tolerably thick at its base, but the animal does 

 not make much use of it. He usually carries it raised, and 

 contrary to the custom of many other animals, places it 

 between his legs when he lies down, as if to repose himself 

 upon it. In this situation it is folded round, pretty 

 nearly in the manner we see dogs carry theirs. 



The Red Coati has the same teeth as the rest. The 

 cheek-teeth are six in number on each side of the two jaws. 

 In the lower jaw are four false molars, a carnivorous, and a 

 tuberculous tooth. In the upper, three false molars, one 

 carnivorous, and two tuberculous teeth. But the carnivo- 

 rous teeth take in these animals altogether the tuberculous 

 character, in consequence of the development of those in- 

 ternal tubercles, which we have mentioned in our descrip- 

 tion of the Racoon. In each jaw are eight incisors and 

 two canines, and these last are remarkable in their form ; 

 they are depressed, and present on their front and back 

 faces trenchant edges, which must constitute them very 

 formidable arms. 



Smelling is the predominant sense of the Coati. His 

 nose is in perpetual motion, and he applies it strongly, as 

 if trying to feel with it, to every object presented to his no- 

 tice. He uses it also for digging and for pursuing worms, 

 of which he seems extremely fond. In this labour he 

 also assists himself with his fore-paws. His sight, hearing, 

 and taste seem very obtuse. He exhales a strong and 

 very disagreeable odour. 



Sometimes this Coati which we have mentioned, took his 

 food with his jaws. But most commonly he would carry it 

 to his mouth with his paws, not in the way of handling, 

 but by digging his nails into the provision which remained 



