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Answer : COATI
Coati, also known as coatimundis, are members of the family Procyonidae in the genera Nasua and Nasuella. They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. The name “coatimundi” comes from the Tupian languages of Brazil, where it means “lone coati”. Adult coatis measure 33 to 69 cm (13 to 27 in) from head to the base of the tail, which can be as long as their bodies. Coatis are about 30 cm (12 in) tall at the shoulder and weigh between 2 and 8 kg (4.4 and 17.6 lb), about the size of a large house cat. Males can become almost twice as large as females and have large, sharp canine teeth. The above measurements are for the white-nosed and South America coatis. The two mountain coatis are smaller.
All coatis share a slender head with an elongated, flexible, slightly upward-turned nose, small ears, dark feet, and a long, non-prehensile tail used for balance and signaling. Coatis have bear- and raccoon-like paws, and walk plantigrade (on the soles of the feet, as do humans), like raccoons and bears. Coatis have nonretractable claws. Coatis also are, in common with raccoons and other procyonids (and others in the order Carnivora and rare cases amongst other mammals), able to rotate their ankles beyond 180°; they are therefore able to descend trees head first. Other animals living in forests have acquired some or all of these properties through convergent evolution.
Coatis have strong limbs to climb and dig and have a reputation for intelligence, like their fellow procyonid, the raccoon. They prefer to sleep or rest in elevated places and niches, like the rainforest canopy, in crudely built sleeping nests. Coatis are active day and night but are not nocturnal animals unlike their raccoon cousins.
More Clues
- RED PANDA Small mammal with a ringed tail resembling a raccoon, of the eastern Himalayas
- DRESS COATI Put clothes on a raccoon relative?
- BANDIT Good name for a raccoon
- TREE Trap, as a raccoon
- RABIES Worry after a raccoon attack
- TREED Cornered, like a raccoon
- TRASH PANDA Another name for a raccoon
- HOLLOW LOG Possible home for a raccoon or porcupine
- SLY _ Cooper (video game franchise featuring a raccoon)
- RASCAL 1969 Disney film about a raccoon
- TITANS NFL team with a raccoon mascot
- CALVIN COOLIDGE +US president who had (among other pets) a raccoon, donkey, goose, bobcat, hippo, wallaby, bear, and
- RING One of several on a raccoon’s tall
- BUSHY Like a raccoon’s tail
- RINGED Like a raccoon’s tail
- BANDICOOT The Malabar-rat bit a coon around start of December
- KINKAJOU Relative of the raccoon with a prehensile tail
- ED NORTON Raccoon of the Year of television
- COATIMUNDI Amazon raccoon relative
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