In 2023 its not just humans that are improving in their healthcare, animals are right on par with us! Meet Ebony; a 12 year old Brown Nosed Coati, who is believed to be the first of her kind to receive acupuncture as a treatment plan for...
Brevard Zoo have welcomed Sky & Rita; two White-Nosed Coatis to their already established band! Sky & Rita are now on display next to the rest of their Coati band; which includes their two older coati residents, Lupita and Katie, and their trio of 1-year-olds, Tito,...
Newest addition Onix, explores his new habitat. (Image Credit: Woodland Park Zoo) The first of their species to live at Woodland Park Zoo. White-nosed Coatis, Onix and Pearl, arrived to Woodland a few months ago from zoological institutions in Mexico, and considering the...
Brevard Zoo's two Coati bands are getting to know each other in a new shared habitat! Plans were put on hold after an unexpected delay, having a health scare with younger Coati Agave. Brevard Zoo staff have finally allowed their three younger coatis, (or kits), to interact...
Veterinary cardiologist Dr. Borde checks out Agave’s heart. Agave is one of Brevard's three young coati kits who arrived last year as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ White-Nosed Coati Species Survival Plan. In September 2021, during a routine exam, staff noticed that Agave had...
Katie the white-nosed coatimundi recently celebrated her 16th birthday with her very own car, made by Brevard Zoo volunteers! Coati’s life expectancy is about 7-8 years in the wild and about 14 years in human care, making Katie a geriatric Zoo resident. The staff at the Brevard...
For the first time in history one of the world’s least known mammals, the western mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea), has conceived and given birth in human care. Two months since the delivery “the offspring is enjoying excellent health, this is the result of a scientific...
Colombia is now home to the first-ever Western Mountain Coati born in Human Care after years-long efforts by biologists in a nature park just outside of the capital Bogota. The near-threatened mammal, formally called the “nasuella olivacea,” was both conceived and given birth to in the...
The first ever Western Mountain Coati, is being kept in a strict quarantine and welfare procedures by researchers at the Bioparque la Reserva in Cota, Cundinamarca (Colombia), with the support of experts from Mammal Department at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (UK). This small carnivore was confiscated...
This expansion will essentially double the size of their existing Coati habitat. An expansion of the White-Nosed Coati habitat in Brevard's Rainforest Revealed is underway! Plans call for the construction of a second “module” that will connect to the current living space through a tunnel that can...