Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined.

Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge; 09°52'16"N, 085°03'22"W; 308 m alt.; 25.01.2018; camera trapping .

Identification.

Medium-sized procyonid with a robust body and short legs. The face has a typical black mask, covering the eyes and cheeks and extending from the snout to the forehead and across the middle of the eyes. Another very similar species of Procyon, P. cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798), is present in Costa Rica; this second species is mainly linked only to streams and beaches, and its range is limited to the central and southern Pacific slope of the country (Wainwright 2007; Beal et al. 2020; Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). In the Wildlife Refuge the northern raccoon is recorded in every habitat type in all seasons.