Nasua mastodonta Emmert and Short 2018 (coati)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Full reference: L. G. Emmert and R. A. Short. 2018. Three new procyonids (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Blancan of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 55(8):157-173

Belongs to Nasua according to L. G. Emmert and R. A. Short 2018

Sister taxa: Nasua narica, Nasua nasua, Nasua nicaeensis, Nasua pronarica

Type specimen: UF 240248, a mandible (right dentary with p4 and m1). Its type locality is Santa Fe River 8C, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Blancan of United States (2: Florida)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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