Crab-eating Raccoon
Procyon cancrivorus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,777
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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). It is found from Costa Rica south through most areas of South America east of the Andes down to northern Argentina and Uruguay. Despite its name, this species does not feed exclusively on crabs, and the common raccoon also seeks and eats crabs where they are available.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Crab-eating raccoon”.