Observations on Behavior of the Coatimundi

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Observations on inherited behavior patterns of mammals and the manner in which they enable a species to live as it does or where it does have for the most part been neglected by mammalogists. A knowledge of inherited behavior and its capability of being modified under different environments may have important implications not only in the control or management of certain species but also in understanding their ecology, distribution, and evolution. During the past six years I have had opportunity to make certain field observations on wild-coatimundis (Nasua narica) in Veracruz, Chiapas, Yucatán, and Panamá. Two of these seem worth recording, especially when compared with the behavior of a captive which was taken, while still very young, from its wild mother in southern Yucatán. This young female (Nasua narica yucatanica) was captured in the forest near Chocholá, Yucatán, early in July,...

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