Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Synonyms: Cercoleptidae Bonaparte 1850, Cercoleptinae Bonaparte 1850
Parent taxon: Mustelida according to X. Wang et al. 2005
See also Baskin 1998, Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Hontecillas et al. 2023, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Nowak 1991 and Salesa et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Ailuridae, Bavarictis, Chaprongictis, Mephitidae, Mustelictis, Mustelidae, Oligobunidae, Peignictis, Procyonoidea, Pseudobassaris
Subtaxa: Angustictis Broiliana Cercoleptina Melina Myxophagus Pachynasua Parahyaenodon Procyonina Procyoninae Sivanasua Stromeriella Tetraprothomo
Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bolivia (1 collection), Brazil (6), Canada (4: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec), Mexico (7), Nicaragua (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (92: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (21: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of Argentina (8), Colombia (1), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (10), Bolivia (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (14: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Canada (3: Saskatchewan), France (2), Germany (3), Panama (1), Peru (2), United States (47: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uruguay (1)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 235 collections including 274 occurrences