Abstract

GOMEZ-VALENZUELA, Cristina; FLORES-ZAMARRIPA, Félix J.  and  FERNANDEZ, Jesús A.. New records of raccoon, Procyon lotor (Carnivora: Procyonidae) and American badger Taxidea taxus (Carnivora: Mustelidae) of Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.2, pp.394-397. ISSN 2448-8445.

Seven new records of Taxidea taxus (American badger) and Procyon lotor (raccoon) were documented for the northern states of Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. Four of them are new localities for T. taxus, a species considered threatened, and 3 new locality records belongs to P. lotor. These records fill gaps in the geographical distribution of these carnivores in northern Mexico.