Procyonidae
The Procyonidae
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The Procyonidae, or raccoon family, includes seventeen species. Not all taxonomists agree about the inclusion of all of them – I'm quoting someone else's list without further comment! Nearly all of these species are found only in the Americas.
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| Procyon lotor | Common raccoon | Most of N and Central America
| | Procyon insularis | Tres Marias raccoon | Tres Marias Isls. (off W. coast of Mexico)
| | Procyon gloveralleni | Barbados raccoon | Barbados
| | Procyon cancrivorus | Crab-eating raccoon | S Central America, NE South America, S Brazil, N Argentina, Paraguay
| | Procyon pygmaeus | Cozumel Island raccoon | Cozumel Isl. (off E coast of Yucatan)
| | Procyon minor | Guadeloupe raccoon | Guadeloupe
| | Nasua nasua | Ringtailed coati | Much of northern S America
| | Nasua narica | White-nosed coati | Mexico and Central America, NW South America
| | Nasua nelsoni | Island coati | Cozumel Isl. (off E coast of Yucatan)
| | Nasuella olivacea | Mountain coati | Mountains of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
| | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Giant panda | China
| | Ailurus fulgens | Red panda | Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, N Assam, N Burma, Yunnan, Szechuan
| | Potos flavus | Kinkajou | Mexico and Central America and N half of S America
| | Bassaricyon alleni | Olingo | Peru, Bolivia
| | Bassaricyon gabbii | Olingo | Central America and NW South America
| | Bassariscus astutus | Ringtail or N American Ringtailed Cat | S Oregon, SW USA, Mexico to Veracruz and Oaxaca
| | Bassariscus sumichrastae | Cacomistle or Central American Ringtailed Cat | S Mexico and Central America to W Panama
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