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Northern Raccoon (Wasbeer)




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Northern Raccoon - Procyon lotor - Wasbeer
South-Canada and USA to Panama. Feral in Central-Europe and West-Asia.

The following 24 subspecies are being recognized:
Procyon lotor vancouverensis - Vancouver Island, Canada;
Procyon lotor pacificus - Southwest-British Columbia to Northwest-California;
Procyon lotor excelsus - Washington to North-California and East-Oregon;
Procyon lotor hirtus - Southeast-Alberta to Lake Michigan and south to Texas;
Procyon lotor lotor - South-Ohio and -Quebec, East-USA south to North Carolina;
Procyon lotor maritimus - Delmarva Peninsula (USA);
Procyon lotor solutus - Coastal South-Carolina (USA);
Procyon lotor litoreus - St. Catherines Island (Georgia);
Procyon lotor elucus - South-Georgia to Florida Peninsular;
Procyon lotor inesperatus - Coastal Southeast-Florida and Key Largo Group;
Procyon lotor marinus - Swamps of South-Florida and Keys of Ten Thousand Islands Group;
Procyon lotor auspicatus - South-Florida and Key Vaca Group;
Procyon lotor megalodous - Coastal South Louisiana to Nebraska;
Procyon lotor varius - North-Louisiana and Tennessee to West-Florida and West-Georgia;
Procyon lotor fuscipes - Texas and Louisiana to Northeast-Mexico;
Procyon lotor mexicana - New Mexico and Southeast-Arizona to North-Nayarit (Mexico);
Procyon lotor pallidus - New Mexico to California and North-Mexico (Sonora);
Procyon lotor psora - Southwest-California to Northwest-Baja California;
Procyon lotor grinnelli - Mexico (Baja California to San Ignacio);
Procyon lotor hernandezii - Mexico (Nayarit to Tehuantepec);
Procyon lotor shufeldti - South-Mexico to Guatemala and West-Honduras;
Procyon lotor dickeyi - Coastal Southwest-El Salvador and Southeast-Guatemala;
Procyon lotor crassidens - Nicaragua to West-Panama;
Procyon lotor pumilus - Panama.

Of this species there are also Zoo photo's available.


Northern RaccoonProcyon lotor marinus
Northern Raccoon
Procyon lotor marinus
Northern RaccoonProcyon lotor crassidens
Northern Raccoon
Procyon lotor crassidens