Editing Coati (section)

==Reproduction==
[[Image:Young Coati.png|thumb|right|A young Coati in Tulum, MX, approximately 6 weeks old.]] Coati breeding season mainly corresponds with the start of the rainy season to coincide with maximum availability of food, especially fruits: between January and March in some areas, and between October and February in others. Female and young coatis commonly live in bands of 5 to 40 and travel together. The males are solitary and join the bands only during the short mating season.
For this period, an adult male is accepted into the band of females and juveniles near the beginning of the breeding season, leading to a [[Polygyny in animals|polygynous]] mating system.

The pregnant females separate from the group, build a nest on a tree or in a rocky niche and, after a gestation period of about 11 weeks, give birth to [[litter (animal)|litters]] of three to seven kits. About six weeks after birth, the females and their young will rejoin the band. Females become sexually mature at two years of age, while males will acquire [[sexual maturity]] at three years of age.