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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Carnivora • Subordo: Caniformia • Familia: Procyonidae • Genus: Procyon • Species: Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular names

English: Raccoon, Common Raccoon, Northern Raccoon · Deutsch: Waschbär, Nordamerikanischer Waschbär · Español: Mapache · Français: Raton laveur · Italiano: Orsetto lavatore · Lietuvių: Paprastasis meškėnas · Nederlands: Wasbeer · 日本語: アライグマ · Polski: szop pracz · Português: Guaxinim, Mapache, Racum · Русский: Енот · Simple English: Raccoon · Slovenščina: Rakun · 中文: 浣熊 ·

Subspecies (for MSW): P. lotor lotor, P. lotor auspicatus, P. lotor elucus, P. lotor excelsus, P. lotor fuscipes, P. lotor gloveralleni, P. lotor grinnelli, P. lotor hernandezii, P. lotor hirtus, P. lotor incautus, P. lotor inesperatus, P. lotor insularis, P. lotor litoreus, P. lotor marinus, P. lotor maynardi, P. lotor megalodous, P. lotor pacificus, P. lotor pallidus, P. lotor psora, P. lotor pumilus, P. lotor simus, P. lotor vancouverensis

Mammal Species of the World Link: Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758

ITIS link: Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

IUCN link: Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)

[edit] Images

[edit] Raccoons in a natural habitat

Raccoon searching for food at a lakeshore
Raccoon in an apple tree
This raccoon is a member of one of the very small subspecies found at the south coast of Florida.
Raccoon searching for food at a lakeshore
Foraging at Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica
Group of eating raccoons
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rideau River, Ottawa, Canada

[edit] Raccoons in an urban habitat

Raccoon raiding a trash can in Washington, D.C.
Raccoon in a garden in Kamouraska, Québec
Raccoon on the roof of a house in Albertshausen, Hessen
A raccoon and a skunk share cat food morsels in a back yard in Hollywood, CA
A mother raccoon eating cherries in a cherry tree in a suburban backyard in Burnaby, BC
A mother raccoon and her four kits eating cherries in a suburban backyard in Burnaby, BC

[edit] Raccoons in the zoo

[edit] Portraits and Close-ups

Hind leg
Front paw
Rideau River, Ottawa, Canada

[edit] Raccoon kits

[edit] Illustrations

Raccoon depicted on a shell drawing from the pre-Columbian civilization at Spiro Mounds, Oklahoma

[edit] Maps

Worldwide range of the raccoon: the native range is red, the introduced range is blue
Distribution of the raccoon in Germany: Raccoons killed or found dead by hunters in the hunting years 2000/01, 01/02 and 02/03 in the administrative districts of Germany