Procyon

Procyon lotor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Mustelida Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Procyonidae
Subfamilia: Procyoninae
Genus: Procyon
Species (4): P. cancrivorus – P. lotor – P. pygmaeus – †P. rexroadensis

Name

Procyon Storr, 1780: 35

Type species: Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Elliot (1901).

References

• Helgen, K.M. & Wilson, D.E. 2003. Taxonomic status and conservation relevance of the raccoons (Procyon spp.) of the West Indies. Journal of Zoology 259(1): 69–76. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902002972 Reference page. 
• Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Wilson, D.E. & Buckner, S.D. 2008. Molecular confirmation of the origin and invasive status of West Indian raccoons. Journal of Mammalogy 89(2): 282–291. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-155R.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Procyon in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

العربية: راكون
azərbaycanca: Yenot
беларуская: Яноты
brezhoneg: Rakoun
català: Os rentador
Deutsch: Waschbären
English: Raccoons
Esperanto: Lavurso, Rakuno, Prociono
español: Mapaches
suomi: Pesukarhut
français: Raton laveur
Bahasa Indonesia: Rakun
italiano: Procione
македонски: Ракун
Nederlands: Wasberen
norsk: Vaskebjørner
polski: Szop
português do Brasil: Guaxinins
русский: Енот
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Rakun
slovenščina: Rakun
Türkçe: Rakun
українська: Ракун