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 1 532 628 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).