Sandos Resort - The wildlife

I was trying to upload this video to 3speak but not sure its supported in Mexico or the wifi is the problem here. Yourube works ok though, so there we go.

Yesterday a whole family of Coati came through the gardens and weee playing. There were some babies too and it was a joy to watch. I was able to get relly close to them all.

First rhing this morning we did see a “regular” Raccoon too.

Some information I gleaned on these animals, taken from the Sandos resorts own website:

The Kudamundi (also known as the Mexican raccoon) lives all across North and South America, in regions like Central America and Brazil, and they’re also an important part of wildlife in Mexico. Since it spans so many cultures, the coati has several names in each country, derived from languages like Portuguese, Guarani, Spanish and even Mayan:

• Coati
• Coatimundi
• Pizot
• Hog-nosed raccoon
• Tejón
• Moncún
• Cusumbo
• Cuchucho
• Cholugo
• Gato Solo

Wildlife in Mexico is truly diverse, and the coati is no exception. There are four types of coati living throughout the Americas in a wide variety of different habitats, including rainforest, jungle, mangrove, mountain and even desert. The white-nosed coati is what you’ll find at our Riviera Maya resorts, and it lives in Mexico and Central America. The Cozumel Island coati is a rarer species only found on the island of Cozumel, which can be seen just off the coast of our resorts in the Riviera Maya area. The ring-tailed coati lives in the jungles of South America, and the mountain coati resides in the Andes Mountains of South America.