Sivanasua (SciiFii)

The European coati (Sivanasua europeansis) is a species of lophocyonid feliform carnivoran mammal, despite its name, that originally lived from the Miocene of Europe as an extinct species of Sivanasua and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern wetlands, forests, and open woodlands acrose Europe to belp boost biodiversity. Although distantly related to cats (and even more distantly related to hyenas and civet), the European coatis take a completely opposite evolutionary path, abandoning hypercarnivory and becoming largely vegetarian, similarly to true coatis of the Americas. The European coati usually weighs up to 35 pounds and grows to be about 3 feet long from tip of the nose to the end of its tail. European coatis are diurnal animals, and live both on the ground and in trees. They are omnivorous, but primarily eat fruit, invertebrates, other small animals and bird eggs. They search for fruit in trees high in the canopy, and use their snouts to poke through crevices to find animal prey on the ground. They also search for animal prey by turning over rocks on the ground or ripping open logs with their claws. Female European coatis typically live in large groups, called bands, consisting of 15 to 30 animals. Males are usually solitary. Neither bands of females nor solitary males defend a unique territory, and territories therefore overlap. Group members can produce soft whining sounds, but alarm calls are different, consisting of loud woofs and clicks. European coatis typically sleep in the trees. When an alarm call is sounded, they climb trees, and then drop down to the ground and disperse. All females in a group come into heat simultaneously when fruit is in season and mate with several males. Gestation period is 74 to 77 days. Captive females give birth to 1–7 young at a time. In the wild, they leave the group for giving birth in a nest built in trees, and rejoin the group with their offspring 5–6 weeks later. They usually remain with their natal group. Males generally disperse from their natal group at the age of three years. European coatis generally live for up to 7 years in the wild, but can live up to 14 years in captivity. Predators of the wild European coati include foxes, golden jackals, gray wolves, bears, leopards, lynxes, Eurasian cougars, dromaeosaurs, and occasionally humans. The conservation status of the European coati is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, and European coati's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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