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Nyctereutes procyonoides  (Gray, 1834)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183821

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Canis procyonoides Gray, 1834
  
  Common Name(s): Raccoon dog [English]
  
    Asiatic Raccoon [English]
  
    Tanuki [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyCanidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves  
                                        GenusNyctereutes Temminck, 1838  
                                           SpeciesNyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) – Raccoon dog, Asiatic Raccoon, Tanuki  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesNyctereutes procyonoides koreensis Mori, 1922  
                                              SubspeciesNyctereutes procyonoides orestes Thomas, 1923  
                                              SubspeciesNyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides (Gray, 1834)  
                                              SubspeciesNyctereutes procyonoides ussuriensis Matschie, 1907  
                                              SubspeciesNyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus Temminck, 1838  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sillero-Zubiri, C. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Canidae (Dogs)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 352-446   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tanuki[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Regulations Under the Fur Products Labeling Act   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 77, no. 180   
  Page(s): 57043-57055   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides, Raccoon dog [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Nyctereutes procyonoides   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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