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Procyon Storr 1780 (raccoon)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 41262

Synonym: Lotor Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 (taxon 206222)

Parent taxon: Procyonini according to J. A. Baskin 2004

Sister taxa: Amphinasua, Arctonasua, Bassariscus, Brachynasua, Chapalmalania, Cyonasua, Edaphocyon, Nasua, Paranasua, Probassariscus, Protoprocyon

Subtaxa: Procyon (Euprocyon), Procyon (Procyon), Procyon cancrivorus, Procyon lotor, Procyon rexroadensis

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore