South American Coati

body 41 - 67 cm; shoulder height about 30 cm; tail 32 - 69 cm

between 3 and 6 kg

3 - 7

74 - 77 days

broadly distributed in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela in the north to Uruguay and northern Argentina in the south

primarily omnivorous; eat birds, mammals, reptiles, eggs, carrion, insects, terrestrial non-insect arthropods and carrions; leaves and fruits 

diurnal; mostly terrestrial; unrelated females and their young form bands with up to 30 individuals

14 years in the wild, 17 - 23 years in human care