Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Full reference: C. Ameghino and L. Kraglievich. 1925. Un prociónido Cercoleptoide en el Pampeano inferior de la Argentinca "Brachynasua merani", n. gen. n. sp. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia" Buenos Aires 2(18):181-191

Parent taxon: Procyonini according to J. A. Baskin 2004

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Amphinasua, Arctonasua, Bassaricyon, Bassariscus, Chapalmalania, Cyonasua, Edaphocyon, Nasua, Nasuella, Paranasua, Probassariscus, Procyon, Protoprocyon

Subtaxa: Brachynasua merani

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Type: Brachynasua merani

Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachynasua in the database

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