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 · Diné bizaad: Tábąąh mąʼii · 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 · Suomi: Pesukarhu · Svenska: Tvättbjörn · ไทย: แรคคูน · 中文: 浣熊 ·

Included subspecies (for Mammal Species of the World, 10 July 2012):: P. l. auspicatus, P. l. elucus, P. l. excelsus, P. l. fuscipes, P. l. gloveralleni, P. l. grinnelli, P. l. hernandezii, P. l. hirtus, P. l. incautus, P. l. inesperatus, P. l. insularis, P. l. litoreus, P. l. lotor, P. l. marinus, P. l. maynardi, P. l. megalodous, P. l. pacificus, P. l. pallidus, P. l. psora, P. l. pumilus, P. l. simus, P. l. vancouverensis

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

North American Mammals Link: Procyon lotor

Paleobiology Database link: Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758

ITIS link: Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Images [edit]

Raccoons in a natural habitat [edit]

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
Raccoon in a maple tree.
Raccoon in a maple tree.
Raccoon in a maple tree.

Raccoons in an urban habitat [edit]

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

Raccoons in the zoo [edit]

Portraits and Close-ups [edit]

Hind leg
Front paw
Rideau River, Ottawa, Canada

Raccoon kits [edit]

Illustrations [edit]

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

Maps [edit]

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