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Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Updated: Sep 8


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Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Length: head and body: 60 cm; tail: 30 cm

Characteristics: Furry tail with rings.

Habitat: River beds, cliffs near water.

Happy in the city, in the forest or in the mountains, the raccoon does not mind the presence of humans. He has learned to open the covers to garbage containers, and he can eat almost everything: nuts, berries, eggs, carrion, insects, crayfish. Popular belief is that they wash their food before eating it. In fact, they will place the food in the water more out of habit than cleanliness. Thy mate at the end of winter. The kids are born in the spring, and the mother spends the first winter with them. They do not hibernate.

 
 
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