coatis

The world's largest urban forest, Tijuca is home to a host of monkeys, parrots and cute raccoon-like creatures called coatis (cuatis in Portuguese) as well as the Christ statue, perched atop a verdant, 2,300-foot (701-meter) peak.

The Seattle Times 2012

I saw tree-nesting sloth, four types of monkeys, parrots, macaws, toucan birds, coatis, agoutis and anteaters within the first day of my visit.

Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

I saw tree-nesting sloth, four types of monkeys, parrots, macaws, toucan birds, coatis, agoutis and anteaters within the first day of my visit.

Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

A group of drunken raccoons and coatis ambled past them.

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

Among those who had received the dubious decorations preferred by Jon-Tom's action were a pair of female coatis whose delicacy of shape and flash of eye were matched by the outrage in their voices.

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

There are a few coatis in the wild, and you'll occasionally see a kid or two in Chapala with one on a leash.

Wildlife big & small around Lake Chapala??? 2004

The coatis looked like miniature dinosaurs as they sauntered off into the dim light of the forest.

Archive 2006-12-01 Field Notes 2006

The coatis looked like miniature dinosaurs as they sauntered off into the dim light of the forest.

Belize Navidad Field Notes 2006

The zoo made me sad at some point -- some of the animals definitely got shafted with the "low-income housing" -- I remember the skunks, porcupines, raccoons, bandicoots, coatis, etc. were all stuck into one structure with little cubicles.

kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2003

He saw a group of coatis running with their tails in the air and their long noses pointed along the ground.

House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002