List of procyonids

Common racoon (Procyon lotor)

Procyonidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes raccoons, coatis, olingos, kinkajous, ring-tailed cats, and cacomistles, and many other extant and extinct mammals. A member of this family is called a procyonid. They are native to North and South America, though the common raccoon has been introduced to Europe, western Asia, and Japan. Procyonid habitats are generally forests, though some are found in shrublands and grasslands as well. The ring-tailed cat has a varied range including rocky areas and deserts as well as forests, and the common raccoon is widespread in urban environments. Species range in size from around 30–65 cm (12–26 in) long, plus a tail generally as long again. Population sizes are largely unknown, though the Cozumel raccoon is critically endangered, with around 200 individuals left, and the Eastern mountain coati is endangered. No procyonid species have been domesticated, though raccoons are sometimes kept as pets.

The 14 species of Procyonidae are split into 6 genera, which are not currently grouped into named clades. Procyonidae is believed to have diverged as a separate family within Carnivora around 22.6 million years ago. In addition to the extant species, as of 2020 Procyonidae includes 40 extinct species placed in both extant and 19 extinct genera, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.

Conventions

IUCN Red List categories

Conservation status
EX	Extinct (0 species)
EW	Extinct in the wild (0 species)
CR	Critically Endangered (1 species)
EN	Endangered (1 species)
VU	Vulnerable (0 species)
NT	Near threatened (2 species)
LC	Least concern (10 species)

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the procyonid's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN red list for that species unless otherwise noted. All extinct species or subspecies listed alongside extant species went extinct after 1500 CE, and are indicated by a dagger symbol "†". Population figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.

Classification

The family Procyonidae consists of 14 extant species belonging to 6 genera and divided into dozens of extant subspecies. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Some prior classification schemes included the red panda or divided the family into named subfamilies and tribes based on similarities in morphology, though modern molecular studies indicate instead that the kinkajou is basal to the family, while racoons, cacomistles, and ring-tailed cats form one clade and coatis and olingos another, despite morphology suggesting otherwise.

• Genus Bassaricyon (Olingos): four species
• Genus Bassariscus (Ring-tailed cats and cacomistles): two species
• Genus Nasua (Coatis): two species
• Genus Nasuella (Mountain coatis): two species
• Genus Potos (Kinkajous): one species
• Genus Procyon (Raccoons): three species

Procyonidae   Bassaricyon Nasua and Nasuella Procyon Bassariscus Potos

Procyonids

The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by Mammal Species of the World (2005), with augmentation by generally accepted proposals made since using molecular phylogenetic analysis; this includes rearranging Bassaricyon from five species to a mostly different four, and promoting the eastern mountain coati from a subspecies of the mountain coati. There are additional proposals which are disputed, such promoting the Guadeloupe raccoon population of the Bahamian raccoon subspecies of raccoon to a separate subspecies, which are not included here.

Genus Bassaricyon – Allen, 1876 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Eastern lowland olingo	B. alleni Thomas, 1880	Northwest South America	Size: 30–46 cm (12–18 in) long, plus 40–53 cm (16–21 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit, as well as small rodents, lizards, birds, insects, and eggs	LC  Unknown
Northern olingo	B. gabbii Allen, 1876	Central America	Size: 38–45 cm (15–18 in) long, plus 40–53 cm (16–21 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit, nectar, flowers, insects, and small vertebrates	LC  Unknown
Olinguito	B. neblina Helgen, 2013 Four subspecies B. n. hershkovitzi B. n. neblina B. n. osborni B. n. ruber	Andes mountains in northwest South America	Size: 32–40 cm (13–16 in) long, plus 33–43 cm (13–17 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit	NT  Unknown
Western lowland olingo	B. medius Thomas, 1909 Two subspecies B. m. medius B. m. orinomus	Northwest South America and eastern Central America	Size: 33–39 cm (13–15 in) long, plus 35–52 cm (14–20 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit and nectar	LC  Unknown

Genus Bassariscus – Coues, 1887 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Cacomistle	B. sumichrasti Saussure, 1860 Five subspecies B. s. latrans B. s. notinus B. s. oaxacensis B. s. sumichrasti B. s. variabilis	Southern Mexico and Central America	Size: 38–47 cm (15–19 in) long, plus 39–53 cm (15–21 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit, insects, and small vertebrates	LC  Unknown
Ring-tailed cat	B. astutus Lichtenstein, 1830 Fourteen subspecies B. a. arizonensis B. a. astutus B. a. bolei B. a. consitus B. a. flavus B. a. insulicola B. a. macdougalli B. a. nevadensis B. a. octavus B. a. palmarius B. a. raptor B. a. saxicola B. a. willetti B. a. yumanensis	Mexico and southwestern United States	Size: 30–42 cm (12–17 in) long, plus 31–45 cm (12–18 in) tail Habitat: Shrubland, forest, rocky areas, desert, and grassland Diet: Primarily eats rodents, insects, birds, and fruit	LC  Unknown

Genus Nasua – Storr, 1780 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
South American coati	N. nasua Linnaeus, 1766 Thirteen subspecies N. n. aricana N. n. boliviensis N. n. candace N. n. cinerascens N. n. dorsalis N. n. manium N. n. molaris N. n. montana N. n. nasua N. n. quichua N. n. solitaria N. n. spadicea N. n. vittata	Northern and central South America	Size: 41–67 cm (16–26 in) long, plus 32–69 cm (13–27 in) tail Habitat: Forest and shrubland Diet: Primarily eats invertebrates and fruit	LC  Unknown
White-nosed coati	N. narica Linnaeus, 1766 Four subspecies N. n. molaris N. n. narica N. n. nelsoni (Cozumel Island coati) N. n. yucatanica	Southern North America, Central America, and northwest South America	Size: 33–67 cm (13–26 in) long, plus 33–67 cm (13–26 in) tail Habitat: Grassland and forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit and invertebrates	LC  Unknown

Genus Nasuella – Hollister, 1915 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Eastern mountain coati	N. meridensis Thomas, 1901	Andes mountains in Venezuela	Size: 43–54 cm (17–21 in) long, plus 19–30 cm (7–12 in) tail Habitat: Forest and grassland Diet: Unknown	EN  Unknown
Western mountain coati	N. olivacea Gray, 1865 Two subspecies N. o. olivacea N. o. quitensis	Andes mountains in northern South America	Size: 36–39 cm (14–15 in) long, plus 20–24 cm (8–9 in) tail Habitat: Forest and grassland Diet: Primarily eats invertebrates, small vertebrates, fruit, and vegetable remains	NT  Unknown

Genus Potos – Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795 – one species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Kinkajou	P. flavus Schreber, 1774 Seven subspecies P. f. chapadensis P. f. chiriquensis P. f. flavus P. f. megalotus P. f. meridensis P. f. modestus P. f. nocturnus	Central America and northern South America	Size: 40–60 cm (16–24 in) long, plus 40–60 cm (16–24 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats fruit, as well as flowers and leaves	LC  Unknown

Genus Procyon – Storr, 1780 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Cozumel raccoon	P. pygmaeus Merriam, 1901	Cozumel island in Mexico	Size: 42–60 cm (17–24 in) long, plus 23–26 cm (9–10 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Primarily eats crabs, as well as fruit, insects, crayfish, and small vertebrates	CR  200
Crab-eating raccoon	P. cancrivorus G. Cuvier, 1798 Four subspecies P. c. aequatorialis P. c. cancrivorus P. c. nigripes P. c. panamensis	South America	Size: 54–65 cm (21–26 in) long, plus 25–38 cm (10–15 in) tail Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands Diet: Primarily eats molluscs, fish, crabs, insects, and amphibians	LC  Unknown
Raccoon	P. lotor Linnaeus, 1758 22 subspecies P. l. auspicatus (Key Vaca raccoon) P. l. elucus (Florida raccoon) P. l. excelsus (Snake River Valley raccoon) P. l. fuscipes (Texas raccoon) P. l. gloveralleni (Barbados raccoon)† P. l. grinnelli (Baja California raccoon) P. l. hernandezii (Mexican plateau raccoon) P. l. hirtus (Upper Mississippi Valley raccoon) P. l. incautus (Torch Key raccoon) P. l. inesperatus (Matecumbe Key raccoon) P. l. insularis (Tres Marias raccoon) P. l. litoreus (Saint Simon Island raccoon) P. l. lotor (Eastern raccoon) P. l. marinus (Ten Thousand Islands raccoon) P. l. maynardi (Bahamian raccoon) P. l. megalodous (Mississippi Delta raccoon) P. l. pacificus (Pacific Northwest raccoon) P. l. pallidus (Colorado Desert raccoon) P. l. psora (California raccoon) P. l. pumilus (Isthmian raccoon) P. l. simus (Short-faced raccoon)† P. l. vancouverensis (Vancouver Island raccoon)	North and Central America, and introduced to Central Europe, the Caucasus Mountains, and Japan	Size: 41–55 cm (16–22 in) long, plus 19–41 cm (7–16 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Omnivorous, eats fruit, nuts, insects, small mammals, eggs, birds, frogs, fish, aquatic invertebrates, worms, and garbage	LC  Unknown

Prehistoric procyonids

In addition to extant procyonids, a number of prehistoric species have been discovered and classified as a part of Procyonidae. There is no generally accepted classification of extinct procyonid species. The species listed here are based on data from the Paleobiology Database, unless otherwise cited. Where available, the approximate time period the species was extant is given in millions of years before the present (Mya), also based on data from the Paleobiology Database. All listed species are extinct; where a genus or subfamily within Procyonidae comprises only extinct species, it is indicated with a dagger symbol †.

• Genus Angustictis† (23–20 Mya)
  • A. mayri (23–20 Mya)
• Genus Amphinasua†
• Genus Arctonasua† (16–4.9 Mya)
  • A. eurybates (11–4.9 Mya)
  • A. floridana (14–10 Mya)
  • A. fricki (11–4.9 Mya)
  • A. gracilis (16–13 Mya)
  • A. minima (16–13 Mya)
• Genus Bassaricynoides† (21–15 Mya)
  • B. phyllismillerae (21–15 Mya)
  • B. stewartae (21–15 Mya)
• Genus Brachynasua†
  • B. merani
• Genus Broiliana†
  • B. dehmi
  • B. nobilis (16–13 Mya)
• Genus Chapalmalania†
  • C. altaefrontis
  • C. ortognatha
• Genus Cyonasua†
  • C. argentina (9.0–6.8 Mya)
  • C. brevirrostris
  • C. clausa (6.8–4.0 Mya)
  • C. groeberi (9.0–4.0 Mya)
  • C. longirostris
  • C. lutaria
  • C. meranii
  • C. pascuali (9.0–6.8 Mya)
  • C. robusta

• Genus Edaphocyon† (21–13 Mya)
  • E. lautus (21–15 Mya)
  • E. palmeri (21–15 Mya)
  • E. pointblankensis (16–13 Mya)
• Genus Myxophagus†
  • M. spelaeus
• Genus Nasua (10 Mya–present)
  • N. nicaeensis
  • N. pronarica (4.9–1.8 Mya)
• Genus Pachynasua†
  • P. clausa
• Genus Parahyaenodon† (6.8–4.0 Mya)
  • P. argentinus (6.8–4.0 Mya)
• Genus Paranasua† (14–10 Mya)
  • P. biradica (14–10 Mya)
• Genus Parapotos† (16–13 Mya)
  • P. tedfordi (16–13 Mya)
• Genus Probassariscus† (16–13 Mya)
  • P. matthewi (16–13 Mya)
• Genus Procyon (10 Mya–present)
  • P. rexroadensis (4.9–1.8 Mya)
• Genus Protoprocyon† (14–10 Mya)
  • P. savagei (14–10 Mya)
• Genus Sivanasua†
  • S. viverroides
• Genus Stromeriella† (23–13 Mya)
  • S. depressa (23–20 Mya)
  • S. franconica (16–13 Mya)
• Genus Tetraprothomo† (6.8–4.0 Mya)
  • T. argentinus (6.8–4.0 Mya)

Restoration of Chapalmalania species