Procyon pygmaeus

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Cozumel Raccoon

Also as Pygmy Raccoon.
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Location:México, ROO, CozumelDate taken:10 October 2015Description:Also as Pygmy Raccoon.

Distribution :

Cozumel Island, Mexico

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6458

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Arctoidea
Parvorder: Mustelida
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1901-07-19. Six new mammals from Cozumel Island, Yucatan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 14:99-104.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2338999

Original name as described

Procyon pygmaeus

Other common names

Pygmy Raccoon

Type material

USNM:MAMM:108511

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35e7a073b-971b-4b62-a273-ab4f4d7d0495

Type locality

Cozumel Island, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005893

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Procyon pygmaeus

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:108511

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cozumel Island, Yucatan.

Type locality

Mexico: Quintana Roo.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35e7a073b-971b-4b62-a273-ab4f4d7d0495

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2338999

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1905:401, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:721, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Jones & Lawlor (1965:416, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4389076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Wozencraft (1993:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18267/45201913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Wagner & Wang (2025:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70528)

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