In this enclosure you can find South American coati and collared peccary.
The coati, which is a close cousin of the racoon, possesses a great agility in trees. Its name comes from its long, mobile muzzle, since “coati” means “long nose” in Guarani Indian. It inhabits tropical forests in Latin and South America. It is a sociable and diurnal animal.
Coatis consume various prey: little birds and mammals, reptiles, scorpions, and insects (coatis contribute to the regulation of these populations). Omnivore, they also eat fruits and berries, roots, or mushrooms.
The Collared Peccary is a mammal which looks a lot like wild boars, but littler. It lives in South American and Texan forests.
Peccaries are omnivore, but they like roots, fruits, and seeds. In their area of distribution, cactuses represent a big part of their food, but they also eat insects and little invertebrates.
Their sensitive snout allows them to find food and their long teeth allow them to dig on the ground and cut roots. It sometimes causes damage in fields.
