Interestingly, this animal looks very much like those which have now arrived at Zoo Magdeburg; as these animals look rather dissimilar to the population already in Europe I had done a little research and came to the conclusion they might belong to the Costa Rican subspecies, something which you may have confirmed by seeing known members of said subspecies
Interestingly, this animal looks very much like those which have now arrived at Zoo Magdeburg; as these animals look rather dissimilar to the population already in Europe I had done a little research and came to the conclusion they might belong to the Costa Rican subspecies, something which you may have confirmed by seeing known members of said subspecies
@TLD, you probably already know, but the coatis in Magdeburg were recently imported from Costa Rica, something they did together with 2 other german zoos (Nordhorn & Halle).
@TLD, you probably already know, but the coatis in Magdeburg were recently imported from Costa Rica, something they did together with 2 other german zoos (Nordhorn & Halle).
Not quite; the recent import came from the Cuban National Zoo in Havana, Cuba.
My assumption, as noted above, is that the animals originated from Costa Rica - either having been wild-caught and held for a time in Cuba, or having been captive bred from wild-caught stock.
For many people they actually are , allthough I mostly have had to explain that Denmark is not the same as the Netherlands (not to even mention Holland vs. the Netherlands).
Of course, the latter issue is a slightly more subtle issue, being more or less similar to using "England" as a synonym for the United Kingdom. If I recall my geography correctly, you're based in Gelderland
