Mountain coati the Least Studied Carnivore in the World

I was fascinated to read about the only Mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea), kept in captivity. The mountain coati was confiscated from poachers by police and environmental authorities. It is being kept in at Bioparque la Reserva in Cota, Colombia.

The mountain coati is perhaps the least studied carnivore in the world. Information about it is very limited as it is a very elusive animal. Deficient data available are from skins, tissue samples and skulls kept in natural history museums. It belongs to same family of raccoons and kinkajous and lives in the forests of Colombia and Ecuador