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Procyon lotor (raccoon)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ursus lotor Linnaeus p. 48
1848Procyon priscus Leconte p. 106
1860Procyon lotor Leidy p. 115
1902Procyon lotor Hay p. 764
1902Procyon priscus Hay p. 765
1906Procyon simus Gidley
1911Procyon lotor Thomas p. 140
1929Procyon nanus Simpson
1967Procyon lotor Wilson p. 211
1980Procyon lotor Kurten and Anderson p. 175
1998Procyon lotor Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2004Procyon lotor Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2019Procyon lotor Albright et al. p. 177

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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
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribeProcyoniniGray 1825
genusProcyonStorr 1780
specieslotor()

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.

Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 [raccoon]
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Invalid names: Procyon nanus Simpson 1929 [synonym], Procyon priscus Leconte 1848 [synonym], Procyon simus Gidley 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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