Procyonidae (/ ˌ p r oʊ s iː ˈ ɒ n ɪ d iː / PROH-see-ON-i-dee) [1] is a New World family of the order Carnivora. [2] It includes the raccoons, ringtails, cacomistles, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, and olinguitos. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments and are generally omnivorous.

Procyonid, (family Procyonidae), any of a group of tree-climbing mammals comprising raccoons, coatis, olingos, the New World ringtail, the cacomistle, and the kinkajou. Though the 18 species are classified as carnivores, procyonids are actually omnivorous and are closely related to …

Procyonidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes raccoons, coatis, olingos, kinkajous, ring-tailed cats, and cacomistles, and many other extant and extinct mammals. A member of this family is called a procyonid.

Read about Procyonidae (coatis, raccoons, and relatives) on the Animal Diversity Web.

Procyonidae are extremely adaptable and occur in all habitats except possibly desertic habitats. Most species probably occur in tropical forests except for the northern raccoon that inhabits farmland, mixed forests and urban areas throughout the United States and Canada.

Procyonids (family Procyonidae) are any of a group of tree-climbing mammals closely related to bears. This is a list of procyonids ordered alphabetically by common name. (See also mammalogy.)

Procyonids are arctoid or canoid carnivores, more closely related to canids than felids; all but one species, the red panda, are native to the temperate and tropical New World (Table 49-1 ). Raccoons are the best known and most widely distributed member of this family.

Procyonidae is a family of the order Carnivora, whose extant members are to some degree arboreal and are characterized by forefeet and hindfeet with five digits, short and curved claws, short rostums, unspecialized incisors, and small to medium size with medium to long tails.

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Procyonids (members of the Procyonidae family) range in size from the ringtail, at 2 pounds (1 kilogram), to the northern raccoon, at 35 pounds (16 kilograms). Most have a rounded head. The erect ears may be rounded or pointed. The snout may be short or long. Except for kinkajous, procyonids have long tails with alternating dark and light rings.