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COATl-MONDI. 
of prolongation of the skin at the back of the 
heel into several horny processes of about a quar- 
ter of an inch in length : these in some specimens 
are scarce visible. The tongue is marked on the 
upper part with several furrows, so disposed as to 
resemble the fibres of a leaf. 
Var.f 
COATI-MONCr. 
Viverra Narica. V, subfusca, cauda concohre, naso producto 
mobili. Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. S6. 
Brown W. with tail of the same colour, and with lengthened 
moveable snout. 
Le Coati brun. Bi/ff', 8.pL 48. 
Dusky W. Brasilian W. van /3. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 62. 
This, in its general appearance, so much re- 
sembles the preceding, that it has been consi- 
dered by many naturalists as a variety only. It 
is, however, rather larger than the former, of a 
browner colour, and without any annuli, or, at 
least, without very distinct variegations on the tail. 
In its manners it agrees with the (oimer : it burrows 
into the ground so expeditiously as soon to con- 
ceal its whole body ; feeds both on animal and ve- 
getable substances, and is said occasionally to go 
into the water. It also climbs trees. 
