Procyon cancrivorus

Basic information
Scientific name	Procyon cancrivorus	(No picture)
Common names	Crab-eating raccoon
Higher taxon	Procyonidae, Carnivora, Mammalia
Natural range	Central America, South America.
Habitat	Forests nearby water.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan.
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate: As pet animals.
Impact	This species could give rise to similar impact to common racoon (P. lotor). Competition, predation, and carrying of infectious disease against native species, and impact on agriculture. Native organism(s) affected: Many kinds of species.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn) JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn) Wilson & Reeder (eds.) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (http://www.press.jhu.edu).