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SPECIES Procyon lotor

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 48.
Common Name:Raccoon
Type Locality:"Americæ maritimis," restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Pennsylvania" [USA].
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.
Status:IUCN – Extinct as P. gloveralleni, Endangered as P. insularis, P. maynardi, and P. minor, Lower Risk (lc) as P. lotor.
Comments: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).
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SUBSPECIES lotor

SUBSPECIES auspicatus

SUBSPECIES elucus

SUBSPECIES excelsus

SUBSPECIES fuscipes

SUBSPECIES gloveralleni

SUBSPECIES grinnelli

SUBSPECIES hernandezii

SUBSPECIES hirtus

SUBSPECIES incautus

SUBSPECIES inesperatus

SUBSPECIES insularis

SUBSPECIES litoreus

SUBSPECIES marinus

SUBSPECIES maynardi

SUBSPECIES megalodous

SUBSPECIES pacificus

SUBSPECIES pallidus

SUBSPECIES psora

SUBSPECIES pumilus

SUBSPECIES simus

SUBSPECIES vancouverensis

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