Nasua narica (white-nosed coati) ranges from the southwestern United States through Mexico and Central America to northwestern Colombia. The flexible elongated snout, pale facial markings, strong digging claws, and long ringed tail distinguish it from related procyonids. The tail is often carried upright while the animal walks through dense vegetation, helping members of a group remain visible to one another.

Coatis forage mainly by day, probing leaf litter and soil for beetles, grubs, spiders, scorpions, crabs, and other invertebrates while also eating fruit and small vertebrates. Adult females and young form mobile bands, commonly containing several to more than twenty animals, whereas adult males are often solitary outside the breeding season. The group sleeps above ground in trees and uses coordinated vigilance to protect young. The species adapts to forest edges and some visited natural areas, where feeding by people can alter behavior. Photographed in Panama where they will approach you for food.