Lagos-rubber vs Mountain Coati

Funtumia africana compared with Nasua olivacea

Key Differences

• Lagos-rubber is Least Concern while Mountain Coati is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Mountain Coati
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Apocynaceae	Procyonidae (Raccoons)
Genus	Funtumia	Nasua
Species	Funtumia africana	Nasua olivacea

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Coati

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Mountain Coati
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Mountain Coati

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.