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Procyon (raccoon)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Synonyms
  • Lotor was named by Geoffroy and Cuvier (1795). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Procyon by Allen (1919).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Procyon Storr
1795Lotor Geoffroy and Cuvier
1825Procyon Gray p. 339
1860Procyon Leidy p. 115
1899Procyon Wortman and Matthew p. 129
1902Procyon Hay p. 764
1967Procyon Wilson p. 211
1980Procyon Kurten and Anderson p. 175
1988Procyon Carroll
1998Procyon Baskin p. 148
2000Procyon Hollister p. 145
2004Procyon Baskin p. 717
2006Procyon Salles et al. p. 8
2019Procyon Albright et al. p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
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

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.

G. Procyon Storr 1780 [raccoon]
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Subg. Procyon (Euprocyon) Gray 1864
Subg. Procyon (Procyon) Storr 1780
Procyon cancrivorus Cuvier 1798 [crab eating raccoon]
Procyon gymnocercus Fischer 1814 [pampas fox]
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]
Procyon rexroadensis Hibbard 1941
Invalid names: Lotor Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available