> "Taxonomically speaking, this is unfortunate. The coati has no more relation to an aardvark than to any other vertebrate," Being mammals, surely they are mor

> "Taxonomically speaking, this is unfortunate. The coati has no more relation to an aardvark than to any other vertebrate," Being mammals, surely they are more closely related to aardvarks than they are to sparrows, carp, asps and axolotls. Being placental mammals, they are more closely related to aardvarks than they are to kangaroos. Looking into it further, Wikipedia claims that they are both Epitherians, which makes them more closely related to one another than to armadillos.