The ring-tailed coati

Although coatis spend part of their day on the ground searching for food, they are also tree-dwelling animals: they rest and sleep up in the trees. It is also in the trees that mating and birthing takes place, with the female making a nest to protect her young during their first few weeks. In the wild, female coatis live in matriarchal groups and males only join them for one or two months during the breeding season to mate with each female before leaving again.