Family Procyonidae Gray 1825 (procyonid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Synonyms: Cercoleptidae Bonaparte 1850, Cercoleptinae Bonaparte 1850

Parent taxon: Mustelida according to X. Wang et al. 2005

See also Baskin 1998, Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Hontecillas et al. 2023, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Nowak 1991 and Salesa et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Ailuridae, Bavarictis, Chaprongictis, Mephitidae, Mustelictis, Mustelidae, Oligobunidae, Peignictis, Procyonoidea, Pseudobassaris

Subtaxa: Angustictis Broiliana Cercoleptina Melina Myxophagus Pachynasua Parahyaenodon Procyonina Procyoninae Sivanasua Stromeriella Tetraprothomo

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Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bolivia (1 collection), Brazil (6), Canada (4: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec), Mexico (7), Nicaragua (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (89: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (2)

• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (18: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)

• Pliocene of Argentina (4), Colombia (1), Venezuela (1)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (4)

• Hemphillian of United States (14: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (11), Bolivia (1), Canada (3: Saskatchewan), France (2), Germany (3), Panama (1), Peru (2), United States (47: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uruguay (1)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Idaho)

Total: 229 collections including 264 occurrences

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