---
title: "Mão-pelada"
description: "Procyon cancrivorus — Mamíferos. The crab-eating raccoon, southern raccoon, or South American raccoon is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/crab-eating-raccoon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mão-pelada

> Procyon cancrivorus — Mamíferos. The crab-eating raccoon, southern raccoon, or South American raccoon is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America.

- Scientific name: *Procyon cancrivorus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 3331
- Wikidata: [Q405403](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q405403)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41667](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41667)

## Names

- en: Crab-eating Raccoon
- de: Krabbenwaschbär
- es: Cangrejera
- fr: Raton crabier
- nl: Krabbenetende wasbeer
- pt: Mão-pelada
- pl: Szop krabożerny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (964), EC (467), AR (427), CO (312), UY (159), BO (60), PY (54), PA (23), GF (20), VE (9), CR (8), PE (7)

## Summary

The crab-eating raccoon, southern raccoon, or South American raccoon is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America. It is found from Costa Rica south through most areas of South America east of the Andes down to northern Argentina and Uruguay. Despite its name, this species does not feed exclusively on crabs, and the common raccoon also seeks and eats crabs where they are available. In the Tupi–Guarani languages, it is known as aguará or agoará popé.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_raccoon

## Photo

![Mão-pelada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crab-eating-raccoon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80407421

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/crab-eating-raccoon?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).