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(Other animals living in forests have acquired some or all of these properties through convergent evolution, including members of the mongoose, civet, weasel, cat, and bear families.) The coati snout is long and somewhat pig-like – part of the reason for its nickname, the "hog-nosed raccoon". It is also extremely flexible and can rotate up to ...
The specific name is another Tupi name for the animal, from pé ("path"), caa ("wood"), and ri ("many"), because of the paths through the forest that the animal creates. [79] Tayra (Eira barbara) weasel: Tupi and Guarani: The common name is from the Tupi name of the animal, eîrara, via Spanish or Portuguese, while the generic name is from the ...
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The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
South American coatis are diurnal animals, and live both on the ground and in trees. They are omnivorous but primarily eat fruit , invertebrates , other small animals, and bird eggs. Also, they search for fruit in trees high in the canopy and use their snouts to poke through crevices to find animal prey on the ground.
Local Spanish names for the species include antoon, gato solo, pizote, and tejón, depending upon the region. [4] It weighs about 4–6 kg (8.8–13.2 lb), and the nose-to-tail length of the species is about 110 cm (3.6 ft) with about half of that being the tail length. [ 5 ]
A bakemono's true form may be an animal such as a fox , a raccoon dog (bake-danuki), a badger , a transforming cat , the spirit of a plant—such as a kodama, or an inanimate object which may possess a soul in Shinto and other animistic traditions. Obake derived from household objects are often called tsukumogami.
Latin name Latin binomial name, or scientific name, of the species Common name Common name of the species, per Wilson, et al. Mammal Species of the World (2005) Family Family within New World monkeys to which the species belongs Average size – male Average size of adult male members of the species, in kilograms and pounds Average size – female