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Procyon

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q148856
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Procyon

Summary

Procyon is a taxon[1]. Procyon ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,507 views/month, #1,194 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Procyon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Procyon is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Procyon is classified within Procyonidae[5].
  • Procyon is classified within Procyonini[6].
  • Procyon's scientific name is Procyon[7].
  • Procyon's Commons category is recorded as Procyon[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Procyon is raccoon[9].
  • Procyon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Procyon (genus)[10].
  • Procyon's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • Procyon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[12].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'ós rentador'}[13].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Raccoons'}[14].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Lavurso'}[15].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Prociono'}[16].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Rakuno'}[17].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Mapaches'}[18].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pesukarhut'}[19].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Raton laveur'}[20].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Ракун'}[21].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Wasberen'}[22].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Vaskebjørner'}[23].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Енот'}[24].
  • Procyon is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Єнот'}[25].
  • Procyon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[26].

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Classification

Procyon's scientific name is Procyon[7]. Procyon is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Procyonidae[5] and Procyonini[6]. The taxonomic type of Procyon is raccoon[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'ós rentador'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Raccoons'}[14], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Lavurso'}[15], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Prociono'}[16], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Rakuno'}[17], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Mapaches'}[18].

Identifiers

Procyon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41661[27]. Procyon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9653[28]. Procyon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 18666[29]. Procyon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433592[30]. Procyon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180574[31].

Why It Matters

Procyon ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,507 views/month, #1,194 of 195,241).[2] Procyon has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Procyon is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Parent taxon → Procyonidae, Procyonini
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16994, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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