Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Procyonidae > Genus Procyon

Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ProcyonStorr, 1780accepted genus name

Species group names

Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Wasbeer sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Northern Raccoon sources: english PESI focal point
 German: Nordamerikanischer Waschbär; Schupp; Waschbär sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Ρακούν sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: paprastasis meškėnas sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: vaskebjørn sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:48
 Norwegian Nynorsk: vaskebjørn sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:48
 Russian: енот-полоскун sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: rakun sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Mapache sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Turkish: Bayağı rakun sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Єнот-полоскун

Genbank

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External Links

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305355

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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