Coatis Baby, Snookum Bear

Successful adaptation to life in human proximity (e.g., similar to raccoons living in metropolitan areas in the U.S.) is very unlikely; the species is thus threatened by habitat destruction.
Coatis in captivity
Coatis are one of five groups of procyonids commonly kept as pets in various parts of North, Central and South America, the others being the raccoons (common and crab-eating), the kinkajou, the ring-tailed cat and cacomistle. However, while both the white-nosed and South America coatis are common in captivity, mountain coatis and the Cozumel Island coati are very rare or absent in captivity.