The highest altitudinal record of the Mountain coati Nasuella olivacea (Gray, 1865) for Ecuador

• DOI: 10.3897/bdj.6.e29160
• Publication Date: 2018-12-07T10:11:46Z
• Authors: Pablo Medrano-Viz...
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; QH301-705.5; Carnivora; Short Communications; paramo; 01 natural sciences; Mammal; Nasuella olivacea; Llanganates National Park; Animalia; Biology (General); Chordata; Biology; Ecology; Geography; Procyonidae; range extension; Paleontology; Evolutionary Dynamics of Mammals and Their Ancestors; cuchucho; 15. Life on land; Earth and Planetary Sciences; FOS: Biological sciences; Mammalia; Physical Sciences; Nasuella; ra; Zoology

The Mountain coati Nasuella olivacea is a species of carnivorous mammal, several aspects of its ecology and natural history remain unknown. In Ecuador, its presence is reported in high Andean forest and paramo between 1,300 and 3,700 m a.s.l., being rare over 3,200 m. In this work, I present the extension of its altitudinal limit for Ecuador to 3,862 m a.s.l.; in addition, I report an event of a possible interaction between Tremarctos ornatus and N. olivacea.