| Procyonidae Temporal range: Early Miocene to Holocene
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| From top left to bottom right: raccoon (Procyon), ringtail (Bassariscus), South American coati (Nasua), northern olingo (Bassaricyon), kinkajou (Potos) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Superfamily: | Musteloidea |
| Family: | Procyonidae Gray, 1825 |
| Type genus | |
| Procyon Storr, 1780
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Procyonidae (/ˌproʊsiːˈɒnɪdiː/ PROH-see-ON-i-dee)[1] is a New World family of the order Carnivora.[2] It includes the raccoons, ringtails, cacomistles, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, and olinguitos. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments and are generally omnivorous.
- ^ "Procyonidae". dictionary.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ 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. 624–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.