Procyon lotor
Creators: name: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Procyonidae
Procyon
Procyon lotor

description: <i>Procyon lotor</i> (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: <i>annulatus</i> Fischer, 1814; <i>auspicatus</i> Nelson, 1930; <i>brachyurus</i> Wiegmann, 1837; <i>californicus</i> Mearns, 1914; <i>castaneus</i> de Beaux, 1910; <i>crassidens</i> Hollister, 1914; <i>dickeyi</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1931; <i>elucus</i> Bangs, 1898; <i>excelsus</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1930; <i>flavidus</i> de Beaux, 1910; <i>fusca</i> Burmeister, <i>1850</i> <i>; fuscipes</i> Mearns, 1914; <i>grinnelli</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1930; <i>gularis</i> H. Smith, 1848; <i>hernandezii</i> Wagler, 1831; <i>hirtus</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1930; <i>hudsonicus</i> Brass, 1911; <i>incautus</i> Nelson, 1930; <i>inesperatus</i> Nelson, 1930; <i>litoreus</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1930; <i>marinus</i> Nelson, 1930; <i>maritimus</i> Dozier, 1948; <i>megalodous</i> Lowery, 1943; <i>melanus</i> Gray, 1864; <i>mexicana</i> Baird, 1858; <i>nivea</i> Gray, 1837; <i>obscurus</i> Wiegmann, 1837; <i>ochraceus</i> Mearns, 1914; <i>pacifica</i> Merriam, 1899; <i>pallidus</i> Merriam, 1900; <i>proteus</i> Brass, 1911; <i>psora</i> Gray, 1842; <i>pumilus</i> Miller, 1911; <i>rufescens</i> de Beaux, 1910; <i>shufeldti</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1931; <i>simus</i> Gidley, 1906; <i>solutus</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1931; <i>vancouverensis</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1930; <i>varius</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1930; <i>vulgaris</i> Tiedemann, 1808. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Lotze and Anderson (1979, Mammalian Species, 119).
description: Published as part of <i>W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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