Order Carnivora
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
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628
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
[Ursus] lotor
Linnaeus 1758
,
Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 48
.
Type Locality:
"Americæ maritimis," restricted by
Thomas (1911
a
)
to "
Pennsylvania
" [
USA
]
.
Vernacular Names:
Raccoon
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
lotor
Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
auspicatus
Nelson 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
elucus
Bangs 1898
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
excelsus
Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
fuscipes
Mearns 1914
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
gloveralleni
Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
grinnelli
Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
hernandezii
Wagler 1831
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
hirtus
Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
incautus
Nelson 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
inesperatus
Nelson 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
insularis
Merriam 1898
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
litoreus
Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
marinus
Nelson 1930
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
maynardi
Bangs 1898
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
megalodous
Lowery 1943
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
pacificus
Merriam 1899
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
pallidus
Merriam 1900
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
psora
Gray 1842
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
pumilus
Miller 1911
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
simus
Gidley 1906
Subspecies
Procyon lotor
subsp.
vancouverensis
Nelson and Goldman 1930
Distribution:
S
Canada
,
Mexico
,
Panama
,
USA
(except parts of the Rocky Mtns). Introductions into:
Austria
, Azerbaijan,
Belarus
,
Czech Republic
,
Denmark
,
France
,
Germany
,
Russia
,
Switzerland
,
Uzbekistan
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Extinct as
P. gloveralleni
, Endangered
as
P. insularis
,
P. maynardi
, and
P. minor
, Lower Risk (lc) as
P. lotor
.
Discussion:
Reviewed by
Lotze and Anderson (1979)
. Includes the Caribbean introduced populations of
gloveralleni
,
minor
, and
maynardi
after
Helgen and Wilson (2003)
; includes
insularis
after Helgen and Wilson (In Press). Synonyms allocated according to
Cabrera (1957)
,
Lotze and Anderson (1979)
, and
Helgen and Wilson (2003
; In Press).