Coati

"I had no clue how to spell the word they threw out," he said, referring to "coati," a tropical American carnivore whose language of origin could not be traced by the judges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“I was called away because one of the guests thought she saw an injured coati near one of the trails.” ❋ CAROLYN KEENE (2010)

"None could have foreseen it, " insisted the coati who led them. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

At this critical moment the coati bravely scampered forward and made a gallant if misguided effort to rally his dispirited troops. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

The scarred dandy of a coati in particular looked like a tough customer. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

The coati was conversing rapidly with three of the four raccoons. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

Though he had been drinking steadily to keep out the cold, sufficient faculties remained to nun to reveal that the coati had been through a difficult time. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

With short tail switching and cat-eyes piercing the night she looked as if she might just have emerged from a stage version of _Puss n 'Boots_, though the way her companion coati was pawing her was anything but fairytalish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The coati turned violently on his small constituency, all that remained of his once powerful band. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

Many days passed in retracing then: difficult route until the coati was convinced the curse of truth had been lifted from him, and true to his promise he remained in the service of the shopowner until the day he died, of an excessive imbibulation of a certain high-proof booze. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

The kidneys carried another species that only mature when the frog is eaten by a predator like a heron or a coati. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

Darren Naish has added several postings to his blog, Tetrapod Zoology, regarding the phenomenal work that Dr. Marc van Roosmalen has done in tracking down significant new species in the Amazon: primates, peccaries, a dwarf manatee, a large feline, an anteater, a coati, and much more. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Jaguar (Pantera onca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi) and coati (Nasua narica) are some unique yet locally or widely threatened mammal species of this ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Rodents Thomomasomy spp. are highly evident and there are also opossum Didelphis marsupialis and coati Nasua nausua. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We got to hike around the falls themselves, and wander around in the jungley/rainforestish climate, where we saw lots of critters of various sorts–there are more wild coati here than there are cats in Jerusalem, plus iguanas, parrots, and all sorts of stuff in between. ❋ Unknown (2008)

1- Alright , who's the [wise ass] who gave me a [coatie] ? 2- Those kids in my class are total coaties . 3- "So she was slobberin my knob right , and then I look over ,and saw her coat , so i mean OF COURSE i had to give her a coatie . I blasted my [pants cannon] when she turned blue. ❋ Mikey Murf (2007)

The white-nosed coati - narica is gray-brown [grizzled] with [silver] down the sides. The face has a white band near the end of [the long] pointed nose. ❋ Hercolena Oliver (2010)