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When 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
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese quatimundé, from Tupi kwatimúnde, older male coati not with a band, from kwáti coati + múnde snare, trap