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Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel Raccoon)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cozumel raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus), also called the pygmy raccoon, is a critically endangered species of island raccoon endemic on Cozumel Island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The Cozumel raccoon goes by a variety of common names including the dwarf raccoon, Cozumel Island raccoon, and Cozumel raccoon-bear.
View Wikipedia Record: Procyon pygmaeus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Procyon pygmaeus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
66
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.71
EDGE Score: 5.05
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.67 lbs (3.479 kg)
Female Weight [3]  6.945 lbs (3.15 kg)
Male Weight [3]  8.40 lbs (3.81 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  21 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  20 inches (51 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Yucatán moist forests Mexico, Guatemala, Belize Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Cozumel Mexico

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Prey / Diet

Manilkara zapota (sapodilla)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)1
Eira barbara (Tayra)1
Melanoptila glabrirostris (Black Catbird)1
Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat)1
Phyllostomus hastatus (greater spear-nosed bat)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Procyon pygmaeus (Carnivora: Procyonidae), ALEJANDRA DE VILLA-MEZA, RAFAEL AVILA-FLORES, ALFREDO D. CUARON, AND DAVID VALENZUELA-GALVAN, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(877):87–93 (2011)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0