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Taxon: Genus Procyon Storr, 1780 - raccoons (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Storr, 1780:35, table A.
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Types

Type of: Procyoninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825
Type, by subsequent designation: Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: 1901 [new]

Variants

Different spelling: Porcyon (Genus) Bronn, 1824 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Prochyon (Genus) Swainson, 1835 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Procion (Genus) Rüppell, 1842 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Proyon (Genus) Geoffroy, 1835 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Lotor (Genus) Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: wasberen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: raccoons
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