2004 Nov 5th - Kate and I visit the International Wildlife Museum and are pleasantly suprised.
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That's a Coati. Keep an eye out for them in Arizona. I've seen them at Apache Lake once and a couple of times in Southern Arizona.
Description: Coati is sometimes called the hog-nosed coon because of its long snout. They have very strong claws to dig with.
Range/Habitat: Coati live in dense forests, grasslands, and brushy areas from the southwestern United States throug northern Argentina. Coatis wander through a tropical forest, they rustle through the leaves. Each band of females and young has a home area where it searches for food. Each male coati has its own territory. At coatis that live in the Southwest often sleep in caves and rock piles, instead of on branches.
Courtship/Gestation/Birth: 2 to 6 young after a pregnancy of about 2 ½ months.
Diet: Coati feed on insects, snails, small reptiles, rodents, fruit and nuts.
Remarks: A member of the raccoon family, the coati is a very social animal. About four to twenty female coatis travel with their young in a group called a band. The band spend most of the day searching for food. They groom each other by nibbling at one another’s fur. Male coaties live alone except for during mating season. Females leave their bands to bear young. They have their young in nests that they build in trees. In five or six weeks, they return to the group, bringing their offspring with them.
Cool, a Mammoth.
This place really rocked. The displays were realistic and educational. This is really a must see place. I was more impressed with this place than I was with the desert museum. It could be because I had pretty low expectations when I got here.
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