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Definition of Procyonid
1. Noun. Plantigrade carnivorous mammals.
Group relationships: Family Procyonidae, Procyonidae
Specialized synonyms: Raccoon, Racoon, Bassariscus Astutus, Bassarisk, Cacomistle, Cacomixle, Civet Cat, Coon Cat, Miner's Cat, Raccoon Fox, Ring-tailed Cat, Ringtail, Honey Bear, Kinkajou, Potos Caudivolvulus, Potos Flavus, Potto, Coati, Coati-mondi, Coati-mundi, Coon Cat, Nasua Narica, Ailurus Fulgens, Bear Cat, Cat Bear, Lesser Panda, Panda, Red Panda, Ailuropoda Melanoleuca, Coon Bear, Giant Panda, Panda, Panda Bear
Definition of Procyonid
1. Noun. (zoology) Any member of the ''Procyonidae'', a New World family of the order ''Carnivora'', including the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Procyonid
Literary usage of Procyonid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"25, 26, and the anterior basal cusp of pm. 4 is less conspicuous. Family procyonid^E.
Genus NASUA, Storr ». Dentition :—I. \, C. \, Pm. |, M. |. ..."
2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"procyonid^. Noso short; underside flat, with a central longitudinal groove.
Tail elongate. Teeth 40. ..."
3. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The procyonid<e walk on the soles of their feet (are plantigrade, that is to say).
There are other anatomical points in which they are more or less ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Sci Am S 79:52-3 Ja 23 '15 On the taxonomy of the procyonid,e. -Science ns 41:691-2
My 7 '15 Snakes and thcir value to the agriculturist. ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"-fa. feeding creature and bulky in form, with a rudimentary tail and a short
broad head; iu fact, more like a Bear than a procyonid (with which group it is ..."
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