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 Biome
Source Wikipedia: Crab-eating raccoon
In Ecosystem
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Procyon cancrivorus (Animal Diversity Web)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Procyon cancrivorus (Animal Diversity Web)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Procyon cancrivorus (Animal Diversity Web)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: Crab-eating raccoon
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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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In Biome: Mangrove Forest, Behavior
In Panama and Costa Rica, where it is sympatric with the common raccoon, it will be strictly found in inland rivers and streams, while the common raccoon lives in mangrove forests and swamps.
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
View the Source 4. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Procyon cancrivorus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Ecosystem: Llanos, Geographic Range
Procyon cancrivorus makes use of habitats ranging from the forest of Ilanos, to the xeric chaco vegetation, and even the Amazon rainforests.
In Ecosystem: Gran Chaco, Geographic Range
Procyon cancrivorus makes use of habitats ranging from the forest of Ilanos, to the xeric chaco vegetation, and even the Amazon rainforests.
In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, Geographic Range
Procyon cancrivorus makes use of habitats ranging from the forest of Ilanos, to the xeric chaco vegetation, and even the Amazon rainforests.
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