procyonid

noun

pro·​cy·​on·​id ˌprō-sē-ˈä-nəd 

plural procyonids

: a mammal of the family Procyonidae

Ringtails in fact are not cats or, taxonomically, much like them. Rather, they are procyonids, closely related to raccoons and coatis, more distantly to pandas.

—Bil Gilbert, Smithsonian, August 2000

procyonid adjective

a procyonid species

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