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Procyon cancrivorus G. Cuvier 1798

Description

Procyon cancrivorus G. Cuvier 1798

Procyon cancrivorus G. Cuvier 1798, Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: 113.

Type Locality: "se trouve à Cayenne" [French Guiana, Cayenne].

Vernacular Names: Crab-eating Raccoon.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Procyon cancrivorus subsp. cancrivorus G. Cuvier 1798

Subspecies Procyon cancrivorus subsp. aequatorialis J. A. Allen 1915

Subspecies Procyon cancrivorus subsp. nigripes Mivart 1886

Subspecies Procyon cancrivorus subsp. panamensis Goldman 1913

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957).

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 627, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
G. Cuvier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Procyonidae
Genus
Procyon
Species
cancrivorus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Procyon cancrivorus Cuvier, 1798 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Goldman, E. A. 1913. Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 60 (22): 1 - 20.
  • Cabrera, A. 1957 [1958] - 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia ". Ciencias Zoologicas, 4 (1): iv + 308 pp. [1958]; 4 (2): v-xxii + 309 - 732 [1961].