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Genus Procyon – Storr, 1780 – three species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Cozumel raccoon. P. pygmaeus Merriam, 1901: Cozumel island in Mexico: Size: 42–60 cm (17–24 in) long, plus 23–26 cm (9–10 in) tail [23] Habitat: Forest [24]
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.
Its Latin name, procyon lotor, literally means 'before-dog washer'. [15] The genus Procyon was named by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr. [10] The animal's observed habit of "washing" or "dousing" (see below) is the source of its name in other languages. [16] [17] For example, the French "raton laveur" means "washing rat".
Procyonid fossils once believed to belong to the genus Bassariscus, which includes the modern ringtail and cacomistle, have been identified from the Miocene epoch, around 20 million years ago. It has been suggested that early procyonids were an offshoot of the canids that adapted to a more omnivorous diet. [ 13 ]
Articles related to the Procyon, 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 less well known.
Thought in the past to be a distinct species, the Guadeloupe raccoon is a subspecies of the common raccoon (Procyon lotor), according to two studies in 1999 and 2003.The study of its morphological and genetic traits done in 2003 by Kristofer M. Helgen and Don E. Wilson indicated that the Guadeloupe raccoon was introduced by humans just a few centuries ago.
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 .
The crab-eating raccoon, southern raccoon, or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America (including Trinidad and Tobago). It is found from Costa Rica south through most areas of South America east of the Andes down to northern Argentina and Uruguay. [1]