Nasua nasua
(Linnaeus, 1766)
South American Coati
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Caniformia |
Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
Superfamily | : Musteloidea |
Family | : Procyonidae |
Genus | : Nasua |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946260Original name as described
Viverra Nasua
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
America, later restricted to Pernambuco Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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