| Cozumel raccoon[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Procyonidae |
| Genus: | Procyon |
| Species: | P. pygmaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Procyon pygmaeus Merriam, 1901
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| Cozumel raccoon range | |
The Cozumel raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus) is a critically endangered species of island raccoon endemic on Cozumel Island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.[2][3] It is sometimes also called the pygmy raccoon,[4] dwarf raccoon, Cozumel Island raccoon, and Cozumel raccoon bear.[2][5]
- ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 627–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c Cuarón, A.D.; de Grammont, P.C.; McFadden, K. (2016). "Procyon pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18267A45201913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T18267A45201913.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Zeveloff, Samuel I. (2002). Raccoons: A Natural History. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Books. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-58834-033-7.
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McFaddenSambrottoMedellinGompper2006was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Wilson, Don E. (2005). "A Systematic and Zoogeographic Overview of the Raccoons of Mexico and Central America". In Sánchez-Cordero, Víctor; Medellín, Rodrigo A. (eds.). Contribuciones mastozoológicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa. Mexico City: Instituto de Ecología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. pp. 221–236. ISBN 978-970-32-2603-0. Retrieved 2008-08-09.