Barbados Raccoon

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Barbados Raccoon
Conservation status
Extinct  (1964) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae Genus: Procyon Species: P. gloveralleni
Binomial name
Procyon gloveralleni (Nelson & Goldman, 1930)

The Barbados Raccoon (Procyon gloveralleni) is an extinct species of raccoon, that inhabited the Caribbean island of Barbados. It is disputed as to whether this is an actual species or an introduced population of Procyon lotor.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of extinct mammals

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Procyon gloveralleni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.