Nasua

Nasua[1]
White-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Subtribe: Nasuina
Genus: Nasua
Storr, 1780
Type species
Viverra nasua
Species
Synonyms
  • Coati Lacépède, 1799
  • Mamnasuaus Herrera, 1899
  • Nasica South, 1845

Nasua is a genus of coatis of the family Procyonidae. Two additional species of coatis, commonly known as mountain coatis, are placed in the genus Nasuella.

  1. ^ "Mammal Species of the World". Retrieved 2007-07-14.