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Procyon cancrivorus (crab eating raccoon)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Ursus cancrivorus was named by Cuvier (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thous cancrivorus by Bourguignat (1875); it was recombined as Procyon cancrivorus by Bertram and Biewener (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Ursus cancrivorus Cuvier
1875Thous cancrivorus Bourguignat
1990Procyon cancrivorus Bertram and Biewener p. 159

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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
speciescancrivorus(Cuvier 1798)

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 cancrivorus Cuvier 1798 [crab eating raccoon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available