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Procyon lotor

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Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:48.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Americae maritimis," restricted by Thomas (1911«) to " Pennsylvania " [USA].

DISTRIBUTION: S Canada throughout USA (except parts of the Rocky Mtns), Mexico, and Central America to C Panama. Introductions into France, Germany and republics of the former USSR.

SYNONYMS: annulatus Fischer, 1814; auspicatus Nelson, 1930; brachyurus Wiegmann, 1837; californicus Mearns, 1914; castaneus de Beaux, 1910; crassidens Hollister, 1914; dickeyi Nelson and Goldman, 1931; elucus Bangs, 1898; excelsus Nelson and Goldman, 1930; flavidus de Beaux, 1910; fusca Burmeister, 1850 ; fuscipes Mearns, 1914; grinnelli Nelson and Goldman, 1930; gularis H. Smith, 1848; hernandezii Wagler, 1831; hirtus Nelson and Goldman, 1930; hudsonicus Brass, 1911; incautus Nelson, 1930; inesperatus Nelson, 1930; litoreus Nelson and Goldman, 1930; marinus Nelson, 1930; maritimus Dozier, 1948; megalodous Lowery, 1943; melanus Gray, 1864; mexicana Baird, 1858; nivea Gray, 1837; obscurus Wiegmann, 1837; ochraceus Mearns, 1914; pacifica Merriam, 1899; pallidus Merriam, 1900; proteus Brass, 1911; psora Gray, 1842; pumilus Miller, 1911; rufescens de Beaux, 1910; shufeldti Nelson and Goldman, 1931; simus Gidley, 1906; solutus Nelson and Goldman, 1931; vancouverensis Nelson and Goldman, 1930; varius Nelson and Goldman, 1930; vulgaris Tiedemann, 1808.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Lotze and Anderson (1979, Mammalian Species, 119).

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Procyonidae
Genus
Procyon
Species
lotor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Nelson, E. W., and E. A. Goldman. 1930. The status of Orthogeomys cuniculus Elliot. Journal of Mammalogy, 11: 317.
  • Hollister, N. 1914. A systematic account of the grasshopper mice. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 47: 427 - 489.
  • Burmeister, H. 1850. Verzeichniss der im Zoologischen Museum der Universitat Halle-Wittenberg aufgestellten Saugetheire, Vogel, und Amphibien. Friedrichs-Universitat, Halle, 84 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1864 [1865]. A revision of the genera and species of viverrine animals (Viverridae) founded on the collection in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864: 502 - 579.
  • Gray, J. E. 1837 [1838]. On a new species of paradoxure (Paradoxurus derbianus) with remarks on some Mammalia recently purchased by the British Museum, and characters of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1837: 67.
  • Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Gray (Tarsipes Spenserae and Chaeropus castanotis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [ser. 1], 9: 39 - 42.
  • Lotze, J. - H., and S. Anderson. 1979. Procyon lotor. Mammalian Species, 119: 1 - 8.