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Kakomitsli is an amazing animal that looks like a marten, looks like a cat with a body structure, and looks like a raccoon with its coat and color.
Description
At first glance at this animal, it is difficult to say which family the animal belongs to. Although experts have established that this mammal belongs to raccoons.
The body is long, squat, an average of 45 centimeters, a maximum length of 47 centimeters. The muzzle is sharp, similar to a fox, on it are large ears and eyes, circled by black spots. Like a raccoon, the body color is also raccoon - yellow, sometimes gray-brown, the back is also brown, the belly is yellowish-sandy or white. The tail is all in black and white alternating rings. The tail is not only longer than the body - up to 63 centimeters, it also fluffs up in case of danger, almost doubled. Strong short paws of the animal have half retractable claws.
Habitat
The animals are divided into two species according to their habitat - Central American and North American animals.
- Central American what kind of people. They live in the southern and central parts of America and are found in Mexican territory. They live in canyons, sometimes mountainous areas with a high content of stones are fond of living, like to live in forests growing on mountain slopes. They easily adapt to living in semi-deserts, the main thing is that there is water. Their settlement density is low, since one male can occupy a large territory - up to several hundred hectares.
- North American He lives in the central and southern Mexican areas up to the border with Panama, on the island sections of the Gulf of California, as well as in the northern American states. This beast loves coniferous woodland in mountainous regions and juniper thickets, but it also feels fine in arid areas. Also, there are many of him in areas inhabited by people to which he was able to adapt.
Lifestyle, character
These strange animals do not like to live in packs or with someone in a pair, they are loners. They settle in abandoned hollows, use rock crevices for housing, and build small caves for housing. During the day they sleep, become active at dusk and begin to search for prey.
What kind of moving very peculiar. The fact is that the anatomical structure of the hind legs is unusual - they rotate 180 degrees. Thanks to this, they not only climb beautifully on tree trunks and rocks, but even know how to hang on vertical ledges like bats - upside down. The animals perfectly climb the crevices and penetrate into any narrow hole. With the help of the tail, balance is maintained, and the body with legs is very flexible.
Enemies
To intimidate natural enemies, which are coyotes, an owl with horns and a lynx, the animal bends its tail and it fluffs, which gives the animal a frightening appearance.
If the trick with the tail does not work, then different emitted sounds are used. What kind of people have a lot of them - from coughing to a very piercing scream on a high wave. In addition, a substance is released from the glands near the anus, the purpose of which is to scare the enemy with aroma.
What eat
With regard to nutrition and food, the animal does not show any choosiness. What will find in the process of hunting, that is the fate of being eaten. Insects, bugs, various small rodents become edible prey. Although sometimes large rodents come across - for example, a rabbit or a squirrel.
The animal will not refuse a bird that has caught in its teeth.Having met on the way the remains of dead or deceased animals, popularly referred to as carrion, the hungry one also will not pass by.
Although the animal loves animal food more, but everything that grows also eats with pleasure. Any plants and hanging (as well as lying on the ground) fruits are eaten pretty quickly. These wonderful animals have one feature: after eating, he always washes his face with ears, licking and salivating his front paws for this. The beast cannot stand to smell of what constituted the recent dinner.
Breeding
Pregnancy lasts about 55 days, and tiny babies are born, up to five. They are naked, their eyes are closed and helpless, their weight rarely exceeds 30-35 grams. First, within a month, the mother gives only milk as food. In the second month, the offspring opens its eyes and eats already and natural food. They do not enter independent life in only four months.
Maturity occurs at ten months. These animals live for about seven years. Their appearance is so cute that there are many who want to have some kind of house at home. Fortunately, they are tamed without difficulty. In ancient times they were bred in human dwellings so that there were no mice, rats and various unnecessary insects in the house.
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