The Pygmy Raccoon, or in scientific words, the Procyon pygmaeus, is a species which existence is being further researched and examined to determine whether or not the species will survive over the next fifty years. Multiple factors influence this species, including humans, resources, biodiversity, reproductive success, and ancestral history. Based on the current observations and analysis, it is reasonable to believe that the Pygmy Raccoon will presumably go extinct over the next fifty years. One of the most significant factors to their survival is how humans have affected this species, and how this species had responded. One of the major ways humans have disturbed the Pygmy Raccoon is that humans have introduced species such as dogs and cats. This happened when humans populated the island and brought their pets with them. The problem with having cats and dogs share the raccoon’s territory is because they transmit…show more content… One of the most needed resources by this raccoon is the proper space to live, hunt, and forage for food such as crabs, fruits, insects, crayfish, and other small vertebrates. Nearly all of these resources are found in the habitat that is used for tourism, hence the raccoons will find less food, especially when they are not in the environment that they are wired to survive on. Although the decrease in their food supply will increase mortality rates, the highest mortality rates are documented from getting run over by cars. Not only is the mortality rates contributed to the increase in the building of roads, it reduces the habitat size. As is clearly shown, the resources are restricted and are predominant to this species survival. Especially when the tourism industry on the island is demonstrating no signs of slowing down their building rates; this indicates that the species will continue to decline in the
