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as long as broad, and ending forwards in a cartilaginous snout 

 (Baird). Ears short, rounded. Toes 5 . 5. Claws strong, acute. 

 Tail elongate. 



Skull elongate. Nose produced, compressed. Teeth 40. Cutting- 

 teeth moderate ; outer ones elongate, conical ; four central upper in 

 an arched Une, rather in front of the lateral teeth ; lower shelving 

 out in front. Canines large ; the lower strong, sharp-edged behind ; 

 the upper compressed, conical, and bent out at the ends. Grinders 

 f . f ; the three front conical, compressed ; the fourth like the flesh - 

 tooth. The tubercular triangular, similar to the flesh-tooth. Lower 

 jaw without any prominent angle behind. 



Nasua, Storr. ; Gray, P. Z, S. 1864, p. 701. 

 Coati, Lac^ide, 



1. Nasua mfa. £.M. 



Fur fulvous ; back darker ; sides of nose and head ashy ; tail ful- 

 vous and black-ringed. 



Viverra nasua, lAnn. 8. N. i. p. 64; Schreb. Saugeth. 1. 118. 



Ursus nasua, Cuvier, Tab. EUm. p. 113, 1798. 



Nasua rufa, Desm. Mamm. p. 170; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 74; 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 701. 

 Nasua sooialis, var., Pr. Max. Beitr. ii. p. 283. 

 Nasua sooialis or N. rufa, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 148. 

 Coatimonde, Perr. Anim. ii. p. 15, t. 37 ; Shaw, Zool. i. p. 385. 

 Ooati noiratre, Buffon, B. N. 



Coati roux, Cuvier, Big. An. i. p. 144 ; F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr.i. 

 Brazilian Weasel, Perm. Syn. p. 229, t. 22. f. 1. 

 Coati, Marcgr. Brazil, p. 228. 

 Myrmecophaga annulata, Desm. Mo^m.m. (from SrusendenHs Voy, t.) ; 



Griffith, A. K. t. (figure altered). 

 Myrmecophaga striata, Shaw, Zool. i. p. 51, 1786. 

 Tamandua , Buffon, H. N. Supp. lii. t. 66. 



Mr. Turner (P. Z. S. 1851, p. 218) professes to have rediscovered 

 the fact (though it is stated in the ' Catalogue of the Mammalia in 

 the British Museum,' p. 74, 1843) that Krusenstem's M. annulata 

 in only a Coati-mondi ; but he is puzzled to explain the figure in 

 Griffith's ' Animal Kingdom.' This figure is engraved from a draw- 

 ing of Major Hamilton Smith's, no doubt copied from Krusenstem's 

 figure, but altered and improved, as was his habit when making his 

 very large collection of drawings — a bad habit, that has rendered 

 them of comparatively small value for scientific purposes, as it is im- 

 possible to determine whether they are from a figure or a specimen. 



2. Nasua narica. B.M. 



Fur blackish brown, beneath yellowish; head ashy; tail black 

 and yeUow, obscurely ringed. The sides of the nose are sometimes 

 marked with a black and white streak. 



Viverra narica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 64; Schreb. Saugeth. 1. 119. 

 Ursus narica, Cuvier, Tab. BUm. p. 113, 1798. 

 Viverra quasie, Gmelm, S. iV. i. p. 87. 



