Bahamian raccoon

Bahamian raccoon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Species:
P. lotor
Subspecies:
P. l. maynardi
Trinomial name
Procyon lotor maynardi
Bangs, 1898

The Bahamian raccoon (Procyon lotor maynardi), also called the Bahama raccoon or Bahamas raccoon, is a subspecies of the common raccoon endemic on the New Providence Island in the Bahamas.[1] The subspecies name, maynardi, comes from Charles Johnson Maynard, an American naturalist.

  1. ^ Zeveloff, Samuel I. (2002). Raccoons: A Natural History. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Books. pp. 44. ISBN 978-1-58834-033-7. (This source was used for all information in this article unless noted otherwise.)