A tropical American mammal resembling a raccoon, with a long snout, slender body, and ringed tail, that lives in groups and forages on the ground.
From Tupi languages of Brazil: 'coati' (belt, or white-belted animal) and 'mundé' or 'mondia' (going). Colonial Portuguese and Spanish documented this indigenous name.
Coatimundis are nature's problem-solvers—they use their flexible snouts like miniature anteater-raccoon hybrids to dig for grubs, and they're one of the few mammals that change hunting strategies seasonally based on food availability.
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