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Scientific Name

Nasua narica

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Park

Grand Canyon National Park (GRCA)

Sensitive

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

White-nosed Coati

Park Synonyms

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Eutheria
Order	Carnivora
Suborder	Caniformia
Family	Procyonidae
Genus	Nasua
Species	Nasua narica

Occurrence

Present

Nativeness

Native

Nativeness Notes

Probably range expanded species. Not found until 2016 (Holton 2016 personal communication)

Abundance

Rare

Geographic Regions Tags

Inner Canyon
Colorado River
Western Canyon

Life Zone Tags

Upper Sonoran

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

References

Vouchers

External Links

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

mterwilliger@nps.gov

Created Date

2/6/2017 2:04:26 PM

Last Modified By

pholton@nps.gov

Last Modified Date

3/28/2022 5:09:02 PM

Notes

Photo-documentation of a solo coati during a 2015-2016 hog-nosed skunk camera study along the Colorado River through Grand Canyon (principal investigator, Brandon Holton, Wildlife Biologist at GRCA). Verified by a June 2017 photo of a solo coati taken by a private river runner (Lisa Stoorza) along the Colorado River in GRCA sent to wildlife biologist Brandon Holton.

Other Parks

Big Bend National Park (BIBE)
Chiricahua National Monument (CHIR)
Coronado National Memorial (CORO)
Fort Bowie National Historic Site (FOBO)
Montezuma Castle National Monument (MOCA)
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (ORPI)
Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS)
Saguaro National Park (SAGU)
Tonto National Monument (TONT)

NPSpecies

Information on Species in National Parks

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