What is this animal that lives in Cancun?

would I be correct in saying they can also be called aardvarks or am I barking up the wrong tree.

 

Haha TJ, don't get me started on sound-alikes here! ;-)

They're not the aardvarks I know from Canada, though I just read that they can be called Brazilian aardvarks. Do a google image search for the "coatimundi" and "aardvark" and you see two different animals.

 

Coati is correct, I think. Tejones are actually badgers, a different animal. But in Mexico ppl call Coatis Tejones.

Coati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

RG,

That is what someone essentially told me a few years ago but I Googled and the photos are identical. Seemed that what I read was that the ones with the tails are the males, or maybe the other way around. But whichever is the opposite sex, they do look like badgers. I have never seen a badger except in photos. I don't think we have them in the south. What is it, Wisconsin, The Badger State?

 

You are correct sir. And them aint badgers in those pics. A Badger would chew your arm off rather than run from you.


Here is a pic of the Badgers I know.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/388994554_34d60d1b18.jpg

 

Thanks Gonzo. I knew you had my back on this one; as always.