Recent Examples on the WebWhen a female coatimundi was found last week on the porch of a resident's home, it was taken by Animal Care Services to a local wildlife rescue.—Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2023 At zoos, several types of big cats, otters, non-human primates, a binturong, a coatimundi, a fishing cat, and hyenas have been infected, the CDC says.—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2021 A few hundred cattle roam freely alongside native desert bighorn sheep, mule deer and coatimundi among saguaro and cholla cactus.—Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2021 In California, 29 animals had been tested by the end of September, including a meerkat, a monkey and a coatimundi, a member of the raccoon family.—Jonel Aleccia, CNN, 30 Oct. 2020 Four days later, a coatimundi and serval died without veterinary care or a necropsy, the animal equivalent of an autopsy.—Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2020 Place food in a tray, and the coatimundi will pull it up with a rope and pulley.—Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
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Word History
Etymology
Portuguese quatimundé, from Tupi kwatimúnde, older male coati not with a band, from kwáti coati + múnde snare, trap
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