Procyon cancrivorus

(Brongniart, 1792)

Crab-eating Raccoon

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Procyonidae
Genus : Procyon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Brongniart, A. 1792. Catalogue des mammifères envoyés de Cayenne par M. Le Blond. Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1(1):115.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494949

Original name as described

Viverra cancrivora

Other common names

Southern Raccoon

Type locality

Cayenne, French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Trinidad and Tobago · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005891

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Procyon proteus

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

proteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-23492

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-23492

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Procyon (Euprocyon) aequatorialis

J. A. Allen, 1915

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

aequatorialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36458

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36458

Authority page

630

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62720001

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Euprocyon cancrivorus panamensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1913)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:171669

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/353987065-4cd6-43c5-b19c-26001a3e9454

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910655

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Procyon cancrivorus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1827:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Smith (1842:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Lesson (1842:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. True (1885:608, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  7. Lahille (1899:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  8. Ihering (1911:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  9. Goodwin (1946:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41685/45216426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Procyon cancrivorus panamensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Procyon cancrivorus aequatorialis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

aequatorialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Procyon cancrivorus cancrivorus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Procyon cancrivorus nigripes

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverra cancrivora

(Brongniart, 1792)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494949

Authority publication

Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris

Campsiurus cancrivorus

(Link, 1795)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272963

Authority publication

Rostock

Canis koupara

(J. Wolf, 1796)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

koupara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

199

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Ursus cancrivorus

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

cancrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637195

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Daudin (1802:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Procyon concolor

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

xi, 178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130263

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xi, 178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Nasua ?canina

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Nasua? canina

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

caninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

228

Authority publication

book

Procyon nigripes

Mivart, 1885

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015408

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Procyon cancrivorus brasiliensis

von Ihering, 1911

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798746

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

  1. Ihering (1911:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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