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Procyonidae is believed to have diverged as a separate family within Carnivora around 22.6 million years ago. [1] In addition to the extant species, as of 2020 [update] Procyonidae includes forty extinct species placed in the six extant and nineteen extinct genera, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and ...
Procyonidae (/ ˌ p r oʊ s iː ˈ ɒ n ɪ d iː / PROH-see-ON-i-dee) [1] is a New World family of the order Carnivora. [2] It includes the raccoons , ringtails , cacomistles , coatis , kinkajous , olingos , and olinguitos .
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.
Various carnivorans, with feliforms to the left, and caniforms to the right. Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh. Members of this order are called carnivorans, or colloquially carnivores, though the term more properly refers to any meat-eating organisms, and some carnivoran species are omnivores or herbivores.
This category contains those taxa found in the Procyonidae family of carnivores - the raccoons, coatis and olingos. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Family Tenrecidae – tenrecs and otter shrews Subfamily Geogalinae. ... Family Procyonidae – raccoons and relatives Subfamily Procyoninae. Tribe Procyonini.
Members of Family Procyonidae (raccoons, coatis) are smallish animals, with generally slender bodies and long tails. Nineteen extant species in six genera are currently recognized. Except for the kinkajou , all procyonids have banded tails and distinct facial markings, and like bears, are plantigrade, walking on the soles of their feet.
The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), [2] also known as the coatimundi (/ k oʊ ˌ ɑː t ɪ ˈ m ʌ n d i /), [1] [3] is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and their relatives). Local Spanish names for the species include antoon, gato solo, pizote, and tejón, depending upon the region. [4]