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Nyctereutes procyonoides

Description

Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray 1834)

[Canis] procyonoides Gray 1834, Illustr. Indian Zool., Vol. 2: pl. 1.

Type Locality: Unknown; restricted to "vicinity of Canton, China " by G. M. Allen (1938).

Vernacular Names: Raccoon dog.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Nyctereutes procyonoides subsp. procyonoides Gray 1834

Subspecies Nyctereutes procyonoides subsp. koreensis Mori 1922

Subspecies Nyctereutes procyonoides subsp. orestes Thomas 1923

Subspecies Nyctereutes procyonoides subsp. ussuriensis Matschie 1907

Subspecies Nyctereutes procyonoides subsp. viverrinus Temminck 1838

Distribution: China, Japan, Mongolia, North and South Korea, Russia. Introduced into Europe and now found in: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Ward and Wurster-Hill (1990). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). Introduced populations in Europe.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 581, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Canidae
Genus
Nyctereutes
Species
procyonoides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Allen, G. M. 1938 - 1940. The mammals of China and Mongolia [Natural History of Central Asia (W. Granger, ed.)]. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 11: pt. 1: 1 - 620 [1938]; pt. 2: 621 - 1350 [1940].
  • Ward, O. G., and D. H. Wurster-Hill. 1990. Nyctereutes procyonides. Mammalian Species, 358: 1 - 5.
  • Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.