Procyon

Familia: Procyonidae
Subfamilia: Procyoninae
Genus:
Species (3 + †1): P. cancrivorus – P. lotor – P. pygmaeus – †P. rexroadensis

Procyon Storr, 1780: 35 [conserved name]

• Type species: Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Elliot (1901).
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 2) and Direction 24 (1955: 222).

• Storr, G.C.C. 1780. Prodromus methodi mammalium. Reissianis: Tübingen. 43 pp. MDZ Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page. 

• Helgen, K.M. & Wilson, D.E. 2003. Taxonomic status and conservation relevance of the raccoons (Procyon spp.) of the West Indies. Journal of Zoology 259(1): 69–76. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902002972 Reference page. 
• Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Wilson, D.E. & Buckner, S.D. 2008. Molecular confirmation of the origin and invasive status of West Indian raccoons. Journal of Mammalogy 89(2): 282–291. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-155R.1 Reference page.