QUADRUPEDS. 
THE COATI-MONDI. (Viverra nasua.) 
THIS creature is a native of Brazil, not unlike the Racoon 
in the general form of the body, and, like that animal, it 
frequently site up on the hinder legs, and in this position, 
with both paws carries its food to its mouth. If left at 
liberty in a state of tameness, it will pursue poultry, and 
destroy every living thing that it has strength to conquer. 
When it sleeps it rolls itself into a ball, and remains im- 
moveable for fifteen hours together. Its eyes are small, 
but full of life ; and, when domesticated, this creature is 
very playful and amusing. A great peculiarity belonging 
to this animal is the length of its snout, which resembles 
in some particulars the trunk of the elephant, as it is 
moveable in every direction. The ears are round, and 
like those of a rat ; the fore feet have five toes each. The 
hair is short and rough on the back, and of a blackish 
hue ; the tail is marked with rings of black, like the wild 
cat ; the rest of the animal is a mixture of black and red. 
This animal is very apt to eat its own tail, which is rather 
longer than its body ; but this strange appetite is not 
peculiar to the Coati alone ; the mococo, or honey-bear, 
and some of the monkeys, do the same, and seem to feel 
no pain in wounding a part of the body so remote from 
the centre of circulation. 
