Nasua nasua (carnivore)

Mass: 4.4 kg based on Di Blanco and Hirsch 2006, Sanderson 1949, and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: invertivore-frugivore based on Hirsch 2009

Abundance: 0.02 to 13.51% (median 2.11%)

Latitudinal range: -27.2° to 4.6°

Habitats: (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (20), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

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Found in 32 samples

Argentina: Acambuco, Iguazù National Park (on roads)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Estação Biológica de Santa Lùcia (primary forest), Estrada do Porto (2005), Tapiraí and Piedade Municipalities, Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2006/2007), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Parque Estadual do Turvo (trail), Parque Estadual do Turvo (shelter), Una and Arataca (forest), Una and Arataca (cabruca), Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Reserva Biológica de Araras, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Reserva Ecológica Michelin (floresta), Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Colombia: Aguazuque Occupation 1

Ecuador: Chorongo, La Chimba

Paraguay: Isla Alta

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass4220 kgN = 22Di Blanco and Hirsch 2006
♀ body mass3000 kgN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass6110 kgN = 6Di Blanco and Hirsch 2006
♂ body mass2410 kgN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ body mass3800 kgN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ ear length40 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length35 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ ear length47 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ head and body length525 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length495 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ head and body length540 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length83 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length87 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ hind foot length90 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ tail length430 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length430 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ tail length470 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

See also Nasua, Nasua narica