Crab-eating Raccoon

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Crab-eating Raccoon
Conservation status
Least concern (LR/lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae Genus: Procyon Species: P. cancrivorus
Binomial name
Procyon cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798)

The Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America.

The Crab-eating Raccoon resembles its northern cousin, the Common Raccoon, in having a bushy ringed tail and "bandit mask" of fur around their eyes. Its fur tends to be much shorter, however, and it is slightly larger. Head and body length is 41 to 60 cm, tail length is 20 to 42 cm, height at the shoulder is about 23 cm, and weights range from 2 to 12 kg. Males are usually larger than the females.

[edit] References

• Mustelid Specialist Group (1996). Procyon cancrivorus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.