One of the 3 coatis on WAnimals
Mammals · Carnivora · Procyonidae
Mountain Coati
Nasua olivacea
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The western mountain coati is a small procyonid adapted to the high Andes. It lives in the cloud forests and páramos of Colombia and Ecuador, at altitudes no other coati reaches. It is diurnal and forms social groups of females and young, while adult males are usually solitary. It roots for invertebrates in the ground and leaf litter with its long, mobile snout, and rounds out its diet with fruit. Very little is known of its biology.
Weight
1 kg – 1.5 kg
Size
36 cm – 40 cm
Diet
Omnivore
