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Procyon lotor simus Gidley, 1906:553

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

California, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Gidley, James Williams. (1906). A fossil raccoon from a California Pleistocene cave deposit. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1435): 553-554, pl. XII.

 

Other references:

Nelson, E. W. and Goldman, E. A. (1930). Six New Raccoons of the Procyon lotor Group. Journal of Mammalogy (7) 4: 453-459. https://doi.org/10.2307/1373964

Wright, Thomas and Lundelius, Ernest jnr. (1963). Post-Pleistocene Raccoons from Central Texas and their Zoogeographic Significance. The Pearce-Sellards Series 2: 1-21.

 

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