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Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis procyonoides was named by Gray (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nyctereutes procyonoides by Bourguignat (1875), van Gelder (1978), Bertram and Biewener (1990), Wang et al. (2008) and Geraads (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Canis procyonoides Gray
1875Nyctereutes procyonoides Bourguignat
1978Nyctereutes procyonoides van Gelder
1990Nyctereutes procyonoides Bertram and Biewener p. 160
2008Nyctereutes procyonoides Wang et al.
2011Nyctereutes procyonoides Geraads

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusNyctereutesTemminck 1839
speciesprocyonoides(Gray 1834)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray 1834 [raccoon dog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available