0 a small animal with a long nose and a long tail with dark rings around it, found mainly in Central and South America
While following the howler monkey group, all interspecific encounters between howler monkeys and coatis were recorded.
During five of these episodes, coatis just passed by a non-fruiting tree where the howler group was resting without interacting.
This could help to explain the high number of solitary individuals and the overall small size of coati groups observed.
These observations indicate the potential competition over food between the two species, and suggest that howlers may displace coatis during these episodes.
However, only one aggression event was observed during a feeding encounter between howlers and coatis.
Mean coati band size during encounters was 2.5 animals and on 12 occasions only solitary coatis were involved.
Therefore, the reduction in litter fauna in the dry season plus the presence of highly desirable fruits such as figs favours the feeding encounters between howler monkeys and coatis.
Optimally, they should have a spacious outdoor enclosure and a coati-proofed room in the house and/or other climate-controlled place, as well.
