White-Nosed Coati/Pizote/Antoon

So! I've decided to feature an awesome animal that I've found.

Name/s: White-Nosed Coati, Pizote, Antoon, Tejon

Habitat: Found mostly in regions shown below. More specifically they are found in canyons of desert mountain forests near water. (They can also be found begging for food in Costa Rica, I found a photo of them hassling a car and its occupants but I couldn't find out if it was a major city. Though presence of asphalt indicates a town at least.)

Behavior:

They're naturally diurnal (awake during the day) They retire to trees at sunset and climb down at dawn to begin foraging. When they're hunted by humans/ when they raid human places for food then they become more nocturnal.

The females (that happen to be way smaller than the males) and immature males group together to make social groups of 6-24 in number (AKA families!) (oh, and the adult males just wander aimlessly ;) ). They clean each other's fur like monkeys with their teeth and claws. Oh! and they talk to each other! How cute is that!? The Young cubs (cubs? really? kits? something like that) are left with baby sitters during the foraging time.

So when they are out during the day, they're actually pretty noisy. They chitter to each other the whole time and they hold their tails up like lemurs do, almost straight up in the air. They forage all day 'cause their appetites never let up and they kinda act like raccoons in that they're nosy (they're actually members of the raccoon family so it makes sense).

They *get busy* in the Spring and give birth 11 weeks later in little rocky niches in woody canyons or in nests they built in palm trees.

Food:

They love fuit and insects the most, but they also eat lizards, roots, nuts, and eggs.

Animals that eat them:

Humans (go figure)

Boas

Raptors

Hunting Cats

Tayas (soon to be featured?)

Random Cool Things:

They are easily domesticated! Also, they raid trash cans and campsites. Also, there is one other member of the species, the Brown-nosed Coati (go figure) and it lives in only South America.

More Accurate/ Detailed information:

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Main Sources:

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