Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 335

Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:48.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Americae maritimis," restricted by Thomas (1911«) to " Pennsylvania " [ USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: S Canada throughout USA (except parts of the Rocky Mtns), Mexico, and Central America to C Panama. Introductions into France, Germany and republics of the former USSR.

SYNONYMS: annulatus Fischer, 1814; auspicatus Nelson, 1930; brachyurus Wiegmann, 1837 ; californicus Mearns, 1914; castaneus de Beaux, 1910; crassidens Hollister, 1914 ; dickeyi Nelson and Goldman, 1931; elucus Bangs, 1898; excelsus Nelson and Goldman, 1930; flavidus de Beaux, 1910; fusca Burmeister, 1850 ; fuscipes Mearns, 1914; grinnelli Nelson and Goldman, 1930; gularis H. Smith, 1848 ; hernandezii Wagler, 1831; hirtus Nelson and Goldman, 1930; hudsonicus Brass, 1911; incautus Nelson, 1930; inesperatus Nelson, 1930; litoreus Nelson and Goldman, 1930; marinus Nelson, 1930 ; maritimus Dozier, 1948 ; megalodous Lowery, 1943; melanus Gray, 1864; mexicana Baird, 1858 ; nivea Gray, 1837; obscurus Wiegmann, 1837 ; ochraceus Mearns, 1914 ; pacifica Merriam, 1899; pallidus Merriam, 1900 ; proteus Brass, 1911; psora Gray, 1842; pumilus Miller, 1911; rufescens de Beaux, 1910; shufeldti Nelson and Goldman, 1931; simus Gidley, 1906; solutus Nelson and Goldman, 1931; vancouverensis Nelson and Goldman, 1930 ; varius Nelson and Goldman, 1930 ; vulgaris Tiedemann, 1808 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Lotze and Anderson (1979, Mammalian Species, 119).