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raccoon

species of mammal native to North America
Taxon taxon Q121439
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Raccoon is a taxon.

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Procyon[5]
  • Taxon name: Procyon lotor[6]
  • Subclass of: nocturnal animal[7], omnivore[8]
  • Commons category: Procyon lotor[9]
  • Color: grey[10]
  • Unicode character: 🦝[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Raccoons[12]
  • Commons gallery: Procyon lotor[13]
  • Main food source: invertebrate[14], plant material[15], Vertebrata[16]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20]
  • Original combination: Ursus lotor[21]
  • Taxon synonym: Procyon minor[22]
  • Has characteristic: stripe[23], Dousing[24], viviparity[25]
  • This taxon is source of: raccoon fur[26], raccoon meat[27]
  • Short name: P. lotor[28]
  • Taxon common name: Raccoon[29], Northern Raccoon[30], راكون (حيوان)[31], Amerika yenotu[32], Янот-паласкун[33], Американски енот[34], Rakoun[35], Ós rentador[36], Matšeškome[37], mýval severní[38], Almindelig vaskebjørn[39], Gewöhnlicher Waschbär[40], Common Raccoon[41], Šup[42]

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Identifiers

raccoon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9654[43]. raccoon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328598[44]. raccoon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218786[45]. raccoon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180575[46].

Why It Matters

raccoon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] raccoon is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [43] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [46] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [44] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [45] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · ~2026-53586-88 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 111
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'atj', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_o
    Xeno-canto species id → 8008135-y
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02510844-n
    Interlingual index id → i48858
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  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → raccoons
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: raccoons, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953190|raccoons (#289953190)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0453809-myval-severni
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  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007559240105171
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  6. 22w ago · ~2026-28034-81 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007559240105171
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