Editing White-nosed coati (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
[[File:Nasua narica in Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|A white-nosed coati at [[Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park]] in [[Costa Rica]]]]
The white-nosed coati is distributed from as far north as [[Flagstaff, Arizona]],<ref name=DailySun> {{cite web|url=https://azdailysun.com/news/science/call-of-coatimundi-strange-animal-sightings-in-flagstaff-a-result-of-climate-change/article_ee76b260-71f9-11ed-ac0d-33c5a47d5e54.html | title=Call of coatimundi: Strange animal sightings in Flagstaff a result of climate change | last=Golightly | first=Sean | date=4 December 2022 | website=Arizona Daily Sun | publisher=Lee Enterprises, Davenport IA | accessdate=4 December 2022}}</ref> [[New Mexico]], through [[Mexico]], Central America, and the far northwestern region of [[Colombia]] near the border with [[Panama]].<ref name=Decker>{{cite journal |author=Decker, D. M. |year=1991 |title=Systematics Of The Coatis, Genus ''Nasua'' (Mammalia, Procyonidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=104 |pages=370–386 |url=http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/f8/c6/d7/f8c6d73ff3bab3dea9652afe0bb9b25f.pdf |access-date=6 May 2012 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006160755/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/f8/c6/d7/f8c6d73ff3bab3dea9652afe0bb9b25f.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=GuzmanLenis>{{cite journal |author=Guzman-Lenis, A. R. |year=2004 |title= Preliminary Review of the Procyonidae in Colombia |journal=Acta Biológica Colombiana |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=69–76 |url=http://scienti.colciencias.gov.co:8084/publindex/docs/articulos/0120-548X/2290574/2295170.pdf}}</ref> It inhabits wooded areas in [[tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests]] and in [[tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests]] at elevations from sea level to {{cvt|3000|m}}.<ref name=Reid>{{cite book |last1=Reid |first1=F. A. |year=1997 |title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico |pages=259–260 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-506400-3 |oclc= 34633350}}</ref>

Coatis from [[Cozumel Island]] have been treated as a separate species, the [[Cozumel Island coati]], but the vast majority of recent authorities treat it as a subspecies, ''N.&nbsp;narica nelsoni'', of the white-nosed coati.<ref name=MSW3/><ref name=iucn /><ref name=Reid/><ref name=HMW>Kays, R. (2009). White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica), pp. 527–528 in: Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds. (2009). ''[[Handbook of the Mammals of the World]].'' Vol. 1, Carnivores. {{ISBN|978-84-96553-49-1}}</ref> They are smaller than white-nosed coatis from the adjacent mainland (''N.&nbsp;n.&nbsp;yucatanica''), but when compared more widely to white-nosed coatis the difference in size is not as clear.<ref name=Decker/> The level of other differences also support its status as a subspecies rather than separate species.<ref name=Decker/>

White-nosed coatis have also been found in [[Florida]], where they were introduced. It is unknown precisely when introduction occurred; an early specimen in the [[Florida Museum of Natural History]], labeled an "escaped captive", dates to 1928. There are several later documented cases of coatis escaping captivity, and since the 1970s there have been a number of sightings, and several live and dead specimens of various ages have been found. These reports have occurred over a wide area of southern Florida, and there is probable evidence of breeding, indicating that the population is well established.<ref name=Simberloff>{{cite book |title=Strangers in Paradise: Impact and Management of Nonindigenous Species in Florida |last=Simberloff|first=D. |author-link= Daniel Simberloff|author2=Schmitz, D. C. |author3=Brown, T. C. |year=1997 |publisher=Island Press |isbn= 1-55963-430-8 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtrpSllq4SQC}}</ref>