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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 ...
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 ]
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 ...
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.
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The genus name is derived from the word tamandûá in Tupi [3] first recorded by Joseph of Anchieta in his Epistola quam plurimarum rerum naturalium quae S. Vicentii (nunc S. Pauli) provinciam incolunt sistens descriptionem (1560); ta-in tamãdu'á is deduced from taixi "ant" and the other half from mondé "to catch", mondá "thief" or monduár "hunter".