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Procyon cancrivorus🐾

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SpeciesCarnivoraProcyonidae
Carnivores

🐾Crab-eating raccoon

Procyon cancrivorus G

راکون خرچنگ‌خوار (نام علمی: Procyon cancrivorus) نام یک گونه از سرده خرسکی‌ها است.

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≈ 1/10th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
6.27 kg
Body length
0.6 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
19 years
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Everything we know about the Crab-eating raccoon

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Body mass
6.27 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 6.27 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.6 m
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Brain mass
74 g
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Maximum lifespan
19 years
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  • 19 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
6 years
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Age at maturity
1.7 years
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Gestation
66 days
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  • 63 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 3
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  • 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Population density
5.74 per km²
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Volume l
6.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Crab-eating raccoon yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
insects and other invertebrates50%
fish20%
reptiles, fish and amphibians10%
fruit10%
seeds and grain10%
In other languages
Krabbenwaschbär (de), Procyon cancrivorus (es), Mão-pelada (pt), Szop krabożerny (pl), Енот-ракоед (ru), דביבון סרטנים (he) … and 18 more languages
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