Procyon Storr, 1780 . Prodr. Meth. Mamm., p. 35.

TYPE SPECIES: Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758, by designation by Elliot (1901).

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Goldman (1950) and Lotze and Anderson (1979); the later suggested gloveralleni, maynardi, and minor may be conspecific with lotor; Corbet and Hill (1986) considered gloveralleni, insularis, minor, and pygmaeus as conspecific with lotor; however, primary systematic works supporting these views are lacking.