The crab-eating raccoon is a close relative of the common raccoon found from Costa Rica through most of South America east of the Andes, typically near rivers, swamps, and coastal wetlands. Despite its name it eats a broad diet of crabs, other invertebrates, fruit, and small vertebrates, foraging at night with sensitive front paws much like its northern relative. It remains widespread and adaptable, though it is hunted in parts of its range for its fur and meat.
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Source Crab-eating Raccoon (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: Crab-eating raccoon
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
The crab-eating raccoon, southern raccoon, or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America (including Trinidad and Tobago).
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status = LC
View the Source3. Crab-eating Raccoon (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q405403 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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