Nasua nasua
System : Terrestrial
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Animalia
Chordata
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Carnivora
Procyonidae
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Common name
South American Coati (English), Achuni (Spanish), Coatí (Spanish), Tejón (Spanish)
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Summary

Principal source:

Compiler: IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group

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Publication date: 2012-05-09

Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Nasua nasua. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Nasua+nasua on 12-07-2025.

Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Nasua nasua
ALIEN RANGE
NATIVE RANGE
  • argentina
  • bolivia
  • brazil
  • colombia
  • ecuador
  • french guiana
  • guyana
  • paraguay
  • peru
  • suriname
  • uruguay
  • venezuela
Informations on Nasua nasua has been recorded for the following locations. Click on the name for additional informations.
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Red List assessed species 3: CR = 1; VU = 2;
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Locations
CHILE
Mechanism
[2] Predation
Outcomes
[2] Environmental Species - Population
  • [2] Population size decline
Management information
Bibliography
5 references found for Nasua nasua

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General information
BirdLife International 2012a. Sephanoides fernandensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106002021/0 [Accessed 27 February 2012]
BirdLife International 2012b. Pterodroma defilippiana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003891/0 [Accessed 27 February 2012]
BirdLife International 2012c. Puffinus creatopus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003931/0 [Accessed 27 February 2012]
Emmons, L. & Helgen, K. 2008.�Nasua nasua. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41684/0 [Accessed 27 February 2012]
Integrated Taxonomic Information Facility (ITIS), 2012. Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766)
Summary: Available from: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180579 [Accessed 27 February 2012]
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Nasua nasua
South American Coati, Achuni, Coatí, Tejón
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Recommended citation
(2025). Nasua nasua. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).