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Florida Keys Raccoon

Procyon lotor auspicatus

Classification

The term island raccoons is used as a generic term for four endangered and one (or two) extinct subspecies or species of raccoon (Procyon) endemic on small Mexican and Caribbean islands, such as Cozumel and Guadeloupe. Other subspecies of raccoon living on islands, like that of the common raccoon (Procyon lotor) native to the Florida Keys, are generally not included under this term, since it was established at a time when all five (or six) "island raccoons" were considered distinct species. The five (or six) populations are: Bahamian raccoon (Procyon lotor maynardi): subspecies of the common…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 24