Definition of Genus Nasua

1. Noun. Coatis.

Exact synonyms: Nasua
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Procyonidae, Procyonidae
Member holonyms: Coati, Coati-mondi, Coati-mundi, Coon Cat, Nasua Narica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nasua

genus Myxine
genus Myxinikela
genus Myxocephalus
genus Nabalus
genus Naemorhedus
genus Nageia
genus Naias
genus Naja
genus Najas
genus Nanomia
genus Napaea
genus Narcissus
genus Narthecium
genus Nasalis
genus Nasturtium
genus Nasua (current term)
genus Natrix
genus Nauclea
genus Naucrates
genus Nautilus
genus Necturus
genus Negaprion
genus Nelumbo
genus Nemophila
genus Neoceratodus
genus Neofiber
genus Neohygrophorus
genus Neolentinus
genus Neomys
genus Neophron

Literary usage of Genus Nasua

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"Another genus, Nasua, at present confined to this continent, existed also here in the former period. I possess the remains of one species, but too imperfect ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"In my paper on the genus Nasua, published in 1879 (1. c., p. 163), I referred at length to this Brownsville specimen, in commenting on the wide range of ..."

3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The genus Nasua, QT t~hQ coatis (5 species ?), extends from Mexico and Guatemala to Paraguay. The curious arboreal prehensile- tailed ..."

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