Authority citation: Gray, J.E. 1865-05. A revision of the genera and species of ursine animals (Ursidae), founded on the collection in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864(3):677-709.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501046
Original name as described: Nasua olivacea
Nominal names: olivacea J. E. Gray, 1843 [nomen nudum] | olivacea J. E. Gray, 1865 | meridensis O. Thomas, 1901 | lagunetae J. A. Allen, 1913 | quitensis Lönnberg, 1913 | meridiensis (Ruiz-García, Jaramillo, Cáceres-Martínez, & Shostell, 2020) [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Dwarf Coati|Eastern Mountain Coati|Western Mountain Coati
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Procyonidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1843.3.10.14
Type locality: Santa Fé de Bogota, Colombia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Venezuela (VEN) | Colombia (COL) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: meridensis has been considered a distinct species, although recent molecular studies have shown that meridensis is a synonym of N. olivacea; moved from Nasuella to Nasua
Citation: Ruiz-García, M., Jaramillo, M. F., Cáceres-Martínez, C. H., & Shostell, J. M. (2020). The phylogeographic structure of the mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea; Procyonidae, Carnivora), and its phylogenetic relationships with other coati species (Nasua nasua and Nasua narica) as inferred by mitochondrial DNA. Mammalian Biology, 1-28.|Ruiz-García, M., Jaramillo, M. F., López, J. B., Rivillas, Y., Bello, A., Leguizamon, N., & Shostell, J. M. (2021). Mitochondrial and karyotypic evidence reveals a lack of support for the genus Nasuella (Procyonidae, Carnivora). Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 71(21040), 21040-1.
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