The crab-eating raccoon, southern raccoon, or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America (including Trinidad and Tobago). 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.
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Crab-eating raccoon in the context of Scavenger
Scavengers are animals that feed on dead and decaying organic matter. Often the term is used to describe the consumption of carrion, the bodies of animals that have died from causes other than predation or the bodies of animals that have been killed by other predators. However, the term is also used to describe animals that feed on rotting plant matter or refuse.
Vultures and burying beetles are examples of scavengers that feed on carrion, pink bud moth and stag beetle larvae are examples of scavengers that feed on rotting plant matter, and raccoons and squirrels are examples of scavengers that feed on refuse. Carrion-eating scavengers are called necrophages.