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Descriptor English: Raccoons
Descriptor Spanish: Mapaches
Descriptor mapaches
Scope note: Carnívoros del género Procyon, de la familia Procyonidae. En la actualidad se reconocen dos subgéneros y siete especies. Se distribuyen desde el sur de Canadá a Panamá y se encuentran en varias islas del Caribe. Dado su valor comercial, una especie (P. lotor) fue introducida en Francia, Países Bajos, Alemania y la Unión Soviética, aunque hoy en día se considera un problema en Europa. (Walker s Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p. 1100-1)
Descriptor Portuguese: Guaxinins
Descriptor French: Ratons laveurs
Entry term(s): Procyon
Procyons
Raccoon
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.250.623.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011821
Scope note: Carnivores of the genus Procyon of the family PROCYONIDAE. Two subgenera and seven species are currently recognized. They range from southern Canada to Panama and are found in several of the Caribbean Islands.
Annotation: do not confuse with RACCOON DOGS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Carnivora (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 12260
Unique ID: D011821
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Raccoons - Preferred
Concept UI M0018369
Scope note Carnivores of the genus Procyon of the family PROCYONIDAE. Two subgenera and seven species are currently recognized. They range from southern Canada to Panama and are found in several of the Caribbean Islands.
Preferred term Raccoons
Entry term(s) Procyon
Procyons
Raccoon



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