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Nyctereutes

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q2900104

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 4.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
Parent taxon
Vulpini[2]
Taxon common name
Raccoon dog, Chien viverrin, Tanuki[7][8][9]
Taxon name
Nyctereutes[3]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
Taxonomic type
Canis viverrinus[4]
Temporal range start
Late Miocene[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nyctereutes ar الكلب الراكوني ar كلب راكوني el Νυκτερευτής fa شب‌نوردها fr Chien viverrin fr Nyctéreute fr Tanuki he שועל רקון ja タヌキ属 pl Jenot ru енотовидные собаки th จิ้งจอกแร็กคูน uk Nyctereutes uk Єнот zh 貉属 zh-hant 貉屬
🔖 Identifiers · 29
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nyctereutes.png ↗
ADW taxon ID
Nyctereutes
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300310359
BOLD Systems taxon ID
174675
Belgian Species List ID
53911
Catalogue of Life ID
63GC8
Dyntaxa ID
1001646
EPPO Code
1NYKRG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
19831
Fauna Europaea ID
305290
Fauna Europaea New ID
223cfdcf-0105-4685-ba7e-f804efe06dff
Fossilworks taxon ID
41225
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Freebase ID
/m/04zg56
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2434551
INaturalist taxon ID
42098
IRMNG ID
1033813
ITIS TSN
183820
Interlingual Index ID
i46562
J9U entity ID
987007534583805171
MSW ID
14000824
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778655168
NBIC scientific name ID
48028
NCBI taxonomy ID
34879
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/83D10AA2-BB87-4FB3-A2AE-EE81C5159FBC
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139003
Open Tree of Life ID
534964
Topic's main category
Category:Nyctereutes
WoRMS-ID for taxa
1461495
Yale LUX ID
concept/b6911b08-3de9-4184-b511-90dc3d8f1026

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 4
Nyctereutes procyonoides, Nyctereutes viverrinus, Nyctereutes abdeslami, Nyctereutes donnezani
← Fictional or mythical analog of 2
bake-danuki, Mujina
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Vulpini
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Nyctereutes
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Nyctereutes
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Canids of the World: Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, and Their Relatives (Book 2018). wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Canids of the World: Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, and Their Relatives (Book 2018). wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Canids of the World: Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, and Their Relatives (Book 2018). wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Taxonomic type → Canis viverrinus
    Temporal range start → Late Miocene
    Topic's main category → Category:Nyctereutes
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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