The coaita also differs from them, in having but four fingers and no thumb to the fore paws: by this character and its prehensile tail it is easily distinguished from the monkeys, who have all five fingers and a flaccid tail.
The word exquima, or quima, expunging the article ex, ought to be pronounced quoima, and then it is not very distant from quoaita, which is written coaita by many authors.
The coaita has neither pouches on the sides of his jaws, nor callosities on the posteriors: he has a very long prehensile tail.
Some years ago a coaita was presented to me by the name of chameck, which I was informed came from the coast of Peru.
Next to the ouarine and the alouate, the coaita (fig.
Daubenton had given of the coaita, and immediately discovered that this chameck of Peru, a few varieties excepted, is the same animal as the coaita of Guiana.
When in the deepest part of the ravine, we heard a rustling sound in the trees overhead; and Manoel soon pointed out a coaita to me.
The tail of the coaita is endowed with a wonderful degree of flexibility.
The coaita is a large, black monkey, covered with coarse hair, and having the prominent parts of the face of a tawny, flesh-colored hue.
The coaita can apply its tail to all sorts of uses.
In the neighbourhood of Obydos, the Ateles paniscus has its abode; while in the Upper Amazon the white-whiskered coaita (Ateles marginatus) takes its place.
While this giant is absorbed in his juicy breakfast, see!
Their flesh being highly esteemed by the natives, they are unceasingly hunted by the Indians.
Here, also, the forests are adorned with the gay plumage of the red and blue macaws, as also by a toucan with a yellow tail.
There are several varieties of ant-eaters, similar to those found in the valley of the Amazon, while the grey squirrel of more northern latitudes skips playfully amid the forests of the interior.
Besides the great ant-eater, there is the smaller striped ant-eater, and the little ant-eater.
The peccary is common in the valleys and low ground along the coast; while the waree, or wild hog, runs in large droves in many districts.
There is a curious creature, called the quash, resembling the ichneumon, which possesses a peculiarly fetid smell, and is known for its powerful, lacerating teeth.
The raccoon, as elsewhere, is common, and is noted for its thieving propensities.
The fauna partakes partly of the character of that of the equatorial regions of South America, and of the semi-tropical districts of Mexico.
Everybody in fact had got off, before the coaita was aware of their intention to abandon it, and to such a distance that by no leap could it alight upon anybody's shoulders.
In fact, it proved altogether impracticable; for the coaita had curled its prehensile tail around his neck in a knot that would have made a hangman envious.
At this crisis he heard the Mundurucu shout to him across the water to leave the coaita alone, as then it would relax its hold.
All knew that the coaita could take care of itself, and under all circumstances it would be safe enough.
Left to perish, in fact; for although the coaitawas perfectly at home upon the sapucaya, and could live there as long as the nuts lasted, there was not the slightest chance of its getting away from the tree.
As the coaita would have been a cumbersome companion for any of the swimmers to carry, it was decided that the creature should be left behind.
Tom had not taken his departure from the tree without casting more than one look of regret back among the branches, and under any other circumstances he would not have left the coaita behind him.
The screams of the araruna were instantly answered by the little paroquet in a tiny treble, but equally in accents of terror, while both the coaita and ouistiti, chattering in alarm, came bounding up the tree.
As far as we know from living and fossil species, the New World has progressed no further than the Coaita towards the production of a higher form of the Quadrumanous order.
Here he could get scarcely anything but fish to eat, and, as this diet did not agree with him, he was obliged to have recourse to the Coaita flesh.
When in the deepest part of a ravine we heard a rustling sound in the trees overhead, and Manoel [the guide] pointed out a Coaitato me.
The tail of the Coaita is endowed with {230}a wonderful degree of flexibility.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coaita" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
