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The Cozumel raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus) is a critically endangered species of island raccoon endemic on Cozumel Island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. [2] [3] It is sometimes also called the pygmy raccoon, [4] dwarf raccoon, Cozumel Island raccoon, and Cozumel raccoon bear. [2] [5]
Cozumel raccoon (P. pygmaeus). Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals comprising three species commonly known as raccoons in the family Procyonidae.The most familiar species, the common raccoon (P. lotor), is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are less well known.
Guadeloupe raccoons in the Parc des Mamelles on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. The term island raccoons is used as a generic term for four endangered and one (or two) extinct subspecies or species of raccoon endemic on small Mexican and Caribbean islands, such as Cozumel and Guadeloupe. [1]
The only critically endangered species that are neither rodents nor shrews are the Cozumel Island raccoon and the vaquita. The vaquita population estimate has dropped below 100 as of 2014 and it is regarded as being in imminent danger of extinction.
Cozumel raccoon, Procyon pygmaeus; Common raccoon, Procyon lotor; Subtribe Nasuina. ... Below is a list of extinct taxa (many of which are fossil genera and species ...
The Cozumel coati (Nasua narica nelsoni) is a subspecies of the white-nosed coati, [40] but the raccoon is still classified as a distinct species, the Cozumel raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus). [41] The Cozumel fox, related to the mainland gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), has yet to receive a scientific name. [39]
Now nicknamed the 'Pied Piper of Raccoons' by the online community, the man is seen luring the raccoons into a trance with the use of a Native American flute. The video was taken on the side of a ...
Population sizes are largely unknown, though the Cozumel raccoon is critically endangered, with around 200 individuals left, and the Eastern mountain coati is endangered. No procyonid species have been domesticated, although raccoons are sometimes kept as pets.