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coati|kəʊˈɑːtɪ|
[a. Tupi (lang. of Brazil) coati, coatim, cuati(m, f. cua cincture + tim nose: cf. the zool. name Nasua.]
An American plantigrade carnivorous mammal of the genus Nasua (family Ursidæ), somewhat resembling the Civet and the Racoon, with a remarkably elongated flexible snout.
There are two species or sub-species; the Brazilian coati, Nasua rufa, to which the name originally belongs, and the Mexican or brown coati N. narica.
1676Phil. Trans. XI. 596 This Coati of our Authors. 1790T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds 235 The Coati or Brazilian Weasel. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast. xv. 39 The coati..set up their sharp, quick bark. 1866Owen Anat. Vertebrates II. 501 In the Coati, the olfactory chamber..extends above the whole rhinencephalic fossæ.
b. Also called coati-mondi. [Said to be from mondi in a Brazilian lang. ‘solitary’.]
1676Phil. Trans. XI. 596 The Coati Mondi, a Brasilian Animal. 1723Mackenzie Coati Mondi, ibid. XXXII. 317 The Coati Mondi of Brasil is seldom or never brought alive into Europe. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. vii. xiii. 555 The Coatimondi is very subject to eat its own tail..this strange habit is not peculiar to the coati. a1845Hood Open Question iv, Was strict Sir Andrew, in his sabbath coat, Struck all a heap to see a Coati Mundi? |