Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyProcyonidae (Raccoons, Coatis, and Allies)
- GenusProcyon (Raccoons)
- SpeciesProcyon lotor (Common Raccoon)
Closest Relatives at Great Bear Rainforest
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
Sea Otter
Enhydra lutris
Northern Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus
Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
Northern River Otter
Lontra canadensis
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Pacific Marten
Martes caurina
California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus
Canada Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Stoat
Mustela erminea
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Raccoon in Great Bear Rainforest?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Common Raccoon sighting in Great Bear Rainforest, based on 69 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Raccoon in Great Bear Rainforest?
March has the highest sighting rate for Common Raccoon in Great Bear Rainforest in our monthly data.