Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fonda, Federica, Vezzani, Liam, Mena Aguilar, Luis Ángel, Venegas-Elizondo, Carlos Andrés, Bolaños Brenes, Alexander, Lopez, Dayron Manuel, Romeo, Giuseppe, Sonetti, Dario & Dal Zotto, Matteo, 2025, Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica, ZooKeys 1260, pp. 37-74 : 37-74

Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined.

Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge ; 09°52'16"N, 085°03'22"W; 308 m alt.; 25.01.2018; camera trapping .

Identification.

Medium-sized procyonid with a robust body and short legs. The face has a typical black mask, covering the eyes and cheeks and extending from the snout to the forehead and across the middle of the eyes. Another very similar species of Procyon , P. cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798) , is present in Costa Rica; this second species is mainly linked only to streams and beaches, and its range is limited to the central and southern Pacific slope of the country ( Wainwright 2007; Beal et al. 2020; Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). In the Wildlife Refuge the northern raccoon is recorded in every habitat type in all seasons.