Procyon lotor gloveralleni (Barbados Raccoon)

[Bhagatí]

Such as not good for translating of Altavista. I'm can't is japanese language nothing. I'm only finding on internet only rare animal species.

[Bhagatí]

I founded in museum a type specimen of barbados raccoon:

nmnhgoph.si.edu/cgi-bin/wdb/msw/names/query/12364

Citated:

Type Specimen. : HMCZ 18591; juvenile male, skin and skull.

I'm not oracle and can't what is mean - abbreviation HMCZ.
When I'm at least know what is total name of this company?
Please, help with this.

[another specialist]

HMCZ = Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology

Their homepage is below
www.mcz.harvard.edu/

also link to specimen page but no images

collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Mammals/MammalDetail.cfm

[Bhagatí]

Thank's for very much. I don't know, when be found him. Very Thank's

[another specialist]

my pleasure baghira

[Melanie]

Here is a reply from the IUCN to request for a reassessment of this taxon:

Hi Melanie

There are a few Procyon species in the Caribbean which need to be resolved. They are the focus of attention at present, but there is not unanimity on their taxonomic status. Some regard them as being exactly the same as the Common Raccoon others treat them as subspecies and a few are still arguing for their recognition as good species. We hope to have these all resolved for next year's Red List. We are in fact reassessing all mammal species world wide and are sorting out the various taxonomic and distribution problems/errors on the current Red List.

Best wishes

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By the way: The current edition of Wilson / Reeder Mammal Species of the World sees this taxon as subspecies of the Common Raccoon.

[Melanie]

The Raccoon The Barbadian raccoon, Procyon gloveralleni, is presumed to be an early human-assisted introduction to Barbados (Lazell 1972). According to Lazell, it is distinguishable from the closely related North American species, Procyon lotor, on the basis of its teeth. However, the specimen in the Barbados Museum is reported to not closely resemble either the North American raccoon or the South and Central American raccoon, Procyon cancrivorous (J. Baulu, Barbados Wildlife Reserve, pers. comm).

The last published report of a raccoon sighting was an animal killed on a road near Bathsheba, St. Joseph in 1964 (Lazell 1972). There is no published information on the habitat use of the Barbados raccoon. In the unlikely event that a viable population of raccoons still exists in Barbados, their rarity would make them extremely valuable for their scientific, educational and intrinsic values, and for their direct economic value if they were exploited as an eco-tourism attraction. There are however no efforts underway to confirm whether a viable population of Barbados raccoons remains.

Source: Barbados National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

[another specialist]

source/reference were you can find the above

CBD Strategy and Action Plan - Barbados (English version)
www.cbd.int/doc/world/bb/bb-nbsap-01-en.doc

[another specialist]

I've contacted the Barbados Museum to see if they can supply any further info and if there is any images available.

[another specialist]

Sept 17, 2007 19:54:30 GMT another specialist said:

I've contacted the Barbados Museum to see if they can supply any further info and if there is any images available.

I never got a reply shame.

[another specialist]

Procyon
Author: Storr, 1780.
Citation: Prodr. Meth. Mamm.: 35.
Type Species: Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758, by designation by Elliot (1901).
Comments: Reviewed by Goldman (1950) and Lotze and Anderson (1979). Hall (1981) listed minor, gloveralleni, insularis, maynardi, and pygmaeus as distinct, but gave no supporting rationale. Koopman et al. (1957) examined the type series of maynardi and showed them to be conspecific with lotor. Lotze and Anderson (1979) and Corbet and Hill (1986) have suggested that only cancrivorus and lotor are distinct, and other species are conspecific with lotor. Pons et al. (1999) showed that minor is conspecific with lotor, and Helgen and Wilson (2003) showed that gloveralleni, maynardi, and minor are introductions to the Caribbean from eastern United States.

www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=14001658

[Bhagatí]

from:
www.alexanderochs-galleries.com/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=216&idart=925
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www.alexanderochs-galleries.com/upload/images/artworks/Yang_Maoyuan/Zoom_Procyon-Gloveralleni.jpg

Today I'm is now finded this extinct barbados raccoon.

[Bhagatí]

Finally.

This is " In 60's Birth: Procyon Gloveralleni."

2007, Charcoal and Cinders on Paper, 50 x 66 cm

[sebbe67]

Just as all other racoon populations in the West Indies the Barbados Racoon is probably the result of human introduction some decades ago.

Here is three recent pappers treating the taxanomic issues of the Racoons in the West Indies.

Helgen, Kristofer M.; Wilson, Don E. (January 2003). "Taxonomic status and conservation relevance of the raccoons (Procyon spp.) of the West Indies". Journal of Zoology 259 (1): 69-76. Oxford: The Zoological Society of London
Raccoons Procyon spp. from New Providence Island in the Bahamas and from Barbados and Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles have traditionally been recognized as distinctive species endemic to their respective islands. All three of these ‘species’ currently possess official conservation status of high concern. Bahamian and Guadeloupean raccoons are recognized as endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which also considers the Barbados raccoon to be a recently extinct West Indian mammal. However, historical, biogeographic, genetic, and morphological evidence demonstrate that all three West Indian raccoon populations are the result of human-sponsored introductions from the eastern U.S.A. that have occurred in the past few centuries. Accordingly, these animals should not be considered either conservation priorities or recent losses of biodiversity in the Caribbean. Instead, they may actually represent ecological threats to the insular ecosystems on their respective islands. Procyonid conservation goals must be re-examined and updated accordingly.
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=141911


Helgen, Kristofer M.; Wilson, Don E. (2005). "A Systematic and Zoogeographic Overview of the Raccoons of Mexico and Central America

Helgen, K. M., J. E. Maldonado, D. E. Wilson, and S. D. Buckner. 2008. Molecular confirmation of the origin and invasive status of West Indian raccoons.
Raccoons occur on a number of islands in the Bahamas and the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. Zooarcheological studies have long suggested that these animals are not native to the West Indies. Originally, Caribbean populations were described as endemic insular species Procyon maynardi (Bahamas), P. minor (Guadeloupe), and P. gloveralleni (Barbados), a classification that was recognized throughout much of the 20th century. More recently, studies of qualitative morphology and a review of historical publications and documents have been used to bolster arguments that these populations of raccoons are not unique species worthy of special conservation attention, but invasive populations of the North American raccoon (P. lotor) introduced in recent centuries. Raccoons in the Bahamas and the French Antilles appear to be spreading onto other islands with human assistance, but the population on Barbados is now apparently extinct. We present evidence from the mitochondrial control region, including sequence data from the extinct population on Barbados generated using ancient DNA protocols, indicating that all 3 major insular populations of West Indian raccoons are conspecific with P. lotor and probably originated via recent translocations from eastern North America. Like nonnative populations of raccoons that have been established elsewhere (e.g., in Alaska, Japan, and Europe), the raccoons of the West Indies deserve no special taxonomic recognition or conservation status. They may be destructive to native wildlife on West Indian islands where they have been introduced, particularly if their spread to and across other islands continues.
apt.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1644%2F07-MAMM-A-155R.1

I have the publications published in 2003 as well as 2008 and could send these to those interested, and could probably also get a copy of the papper published in 2005 if there is any interest in this article as well.

[Melanie]

Hello Sebbe,

could you please send me the raccoon papers. That would be nice. Thank you.

Melanie.

[another specialist]

Same here sebbe

[Bhagatí]

Me too. Please.

[another specialist]

Scientific Name: Procyon lotor
Species Authority
Infra-specific Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English – Northern Raccoon
French – Raton Laveur
Spanish – Mapache, Mapachín, Zorra Manglera
Synonym/s:
Procyon gloveralleni
Procyon insularis
Procyon maynardi
Procyon minor

www.iucnredlist.org/details/41686

[Bhagatí]

Fig. 3.—The raccoon population in Barbados is extinct. This mounted skin, on display in the Barbados Museum, Bridgetown, is 1 of only 5 known museum specimens from the island (others are at BMNH, MCZ, and USNM).

from:
www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-155R.1?journalCode=mamm
www.bioone.org/action/showFullPopup?doi=10.1644%2F07-MAMM-A-155R.1&id=_e3

[Melanie]

Thanks for the link

Mar 23, 2009 22:32:29 GMT Bhagatí said:

Fig. 3.—The raccoon population in Barbados is extinct. This mounted skin, on display in the Barbados Museum, Bridgetown, is 1 of only 5 known museum specimens from the island (others are at BMNH, MCZ, and USNM).

from:
www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-155R.1?journalCode=mamm
www.bioone.org/action/showFullPopup?doi=10.1644%2F07-MAMM-A-155R.1&id=_e3