noun. Any member of the Procyonidae, a New World family of the order Carnivora, including the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles.

noun. plantigrade carnivorous mammals

"While the red panda is considered a procyonid, the mainstream view now is that the giant panda is indeed a bear, although it diverged from the main ursid line long enough ago to exhibit some striking differences in addition to the enlarged radial sesamoid, such as chromosome number, skull anatomy, and other traits."

carnivore  

ailuropoda melanoleuca  ailurus fulgens  bassariscus astutus  bassarisk  bearcat  

Procyon