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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- raccoon
(mammal)
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Procyon (Genus) - raccoons
..Procyon cancrivorus (Species) - crab-eating raccoon
..Procyon pygmaeus (Species) - Cozumel raccoon
..Procyon lotor (Species) - raccoon
....Procyon lotor auspicatus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor elucus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor excelsus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor fuscipes (Subspecies)
....‡Procyon lotor gloveralleni (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor grinnelli (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor hernandezii (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor hirtus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor incautus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor inesperatus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor insularis (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor litoreus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor lotor (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor marinus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor maynardi (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor megalodous (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor pacificus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor pallidus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor psora (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor pumilus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor simus (Subspecies)
....Procyon lotor vancouverensis (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 48.
Original rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Procyon
(Genus)
Storr, 1780
Ref:
1901
[
new
]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Procyon lotor lotor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Different rank
:
Procyon lotor lotor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Combinations
Basionym
:
Ursus lotor
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Procyon gloveralleni
Nelson & Goldman, 1930
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Procyon insularis
Merriam, 1898
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Procyon minor
Miller, 1911
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Procyon pygmaeus
Merriam, 1901
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wasbeer
Ref:
NVWA
: [3 Aug 2017].
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
raccoon
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 627.
:
common raccoon
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28 Aug 2026