Mammals > Carnivorans
Overview AT A GLANCE Common Name: Cacomistle Scientific Name: Bassariscus sumichrasti Category: Mammals Subcategory: Carnivorans Size: Head-and-body length: 38-50 cm (15-20 in); Tail length: 39-53 cm (15-21 in) Weight: 0.8-1.5 kg (1.8-3.3 lb) Lifespan: 8-12 years in...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe Cozumel Raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus), also known as the Pygmy Raccoon, is a critically endangered dwarf procyonid endemic exclusively to the coral limestone island of Cozumel off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Representing an extraordinary textbook...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) is a captivating, rust-orange arboreal carnivoran belonging to the raccoon family Procyonidae. First described to modern science in August 2013, the olinguito holds the historic distinction of being the first new living...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica), widely recognized throughout Latin America as the pizote or coatimundi, is a highly gregarious, diurnal procyonid native to the Americas. Spanning a vast ecological gradient from the rugged Madrean sky islands of Arizona...
Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: RaccoonScientific Name: Procyon lotorCategory: MammalsSubcategory: CarnivoransSize: Head and body length: 16–28 in (40–70 cm); Shoulder height: 9–12 in (23–30 cm)Weight: 11–26 lb (5.0–12.0 kg); large northern autumn individuals can surpass 30...
