Legendary Monsters

Yucatan Raccoons: Not Nazis

Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 21st, 2008

Unlike the “Nazi raccoons” of Germany, the raccoons in the Yucatan are suppose to be there. They are not alien invaders.

Chad Arment writes:

“A quick fyi on this, the raccoon subspecies in the Yucatan is native, not introduced: Procyon lotor shufeldti. See p. 87 of Raccoons: A Natural History by Samuel I. Zeveloff.”

raccoon guidebk

This post was written by

Loren Coleman – who has written posts on Cryptomundo.
Loren Coleman no longer writes for Cryptomundo. His archived posts remain here at Cryptomundo.

Email


6 Responses to “Yucatan Raccoons: Not Nazis”

  1. red_pill_junkie responds:

    http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Procyon_lotor_shufeldti.asp

    I never thought of racoons as an indigenous species of Mexico (thought the only “mapaches” around here were the corrupt politicians that steal voting urns!). It’s nice to learn something new :-)

  2. mystery_man responds:

    Well, that’s good news. Thanks for clearing that up!

  3. Alligator responds:

    Yes, according to the Smithsonian Book of Mammals (1999) the range of those little bandits extends all the way down to the Panama Canal.

    See map.

  4. Dan Gannon responds:

    That’s good to know!

  5. eireman responds:

    The CancĂșn RacĂșn! Love it!

  6. Kronprinz_adam responds:

    In fact, central american jungles have cougars, racoons, peccari wild boars, deer, roadrunners…

    Fossil records show also…mastodons and elephants (Gomphoterium). In a foto from National Geographic, a purported prehistorical “bear skull” was also shown lying in a cave.
    Greetings.



Leave your comments

You must be logged in to post a comment.

|Top | Content|


Donate Today

Advertisers


Believe It Tour



Advertisement




|Top | FarBar|



Attention: This is the end of the usable page!
The images below are preloaded standbys only.
This is helpful to those with slower Internet connections.