Nasua nicaeensis is an extinct species of coati, a member of the raccoon family, described by F. Holl in 1829 in his handbook of petrefactology. The Paleobiology Database holds the name with no dated occurrence, so no age or locality is recorded for it there. It belongs to the genus Nasua, which also holds the living South American and white-nosed coatis, and the Wikipedia article on the family lists it among the extinct taxa of that genus, together with Nasua pronarica and Nasua mastodonta.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Nasua nicaeensis (Paleobiology Database)
Taxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet, taken from Nasua
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, classification order
"order": "Carnivora"
View the Source2. Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Extinct taxa
†N. nicaeensis Holl, 1829
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†N. nicaeensis Holl, 1829
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