Raccoon
Procyon lotor

• Order: Carnivora
• Family: Procyonidae (Raccoon and Relatives)
• Species: Procyon lotor (pro-SIGH-on LOW-tor)
• Common English Names: Raccoon
• Common Spanish Names: El mapachín, El mapache

Procyon lotor. Photographer: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles. Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences.

Remarks

Raccoons apparently were absent from much of the Southwest until relatively modern times. Today, they occur predominantly near permanent water and in the highlands.

Last Update: 27 Jul 2009