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The raccoon (/ r ə ˈ k uː n / or US: / r æ ˈ k uː n / ⓘ, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon [3] and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.
Image credits: raccoonsfun Technically, raccoons are considered to be pests. They intrude on people’s homes or backyards to find food. They enter homes through chimneys, gaps in roofs, and other ...
Trash pandas (or raccoons, if you want to be formal) are notorious nighttime mischief-makers, raiding garbage cans and compost bins for an easy meal and making quite a mess along
Cozumel raccoon (P. pygmaeus). Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals comprising three species commonly known as raccoons in the family Procyonidae.The most familiar species, the common raccoon (P. lotor), is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are less well known.
Common raccoon skull (left) and Cozumel raccoon skull (right). Merriam described the Cozumel raccoon as being markedly smaller, both externally and cranially and easy to distinguish from the common raccoon because of its "broad black throat band and golden yellow tail, short posteriorly expanded and rounded nasals and peculiarities of the teeth". [9]
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Raccoons enjoy the dark, so a strategically placed flashlight can be a deterrent. Similarly, motion-activated lights surrounding the home can startle raccoons into staying away. Water.
The first is about water ("Water"); the second is about strange animals that live deep in the sea ("City of the Creeps"); the third is about the importance of keeping the water clean ("If the Water is Clear"); the fourth is about animal movement ("It's in the Way You Move"); and the fifth is about the "real" underwater treasure, all the ...